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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ascription \As*crip"tion\, noun [L. ascriptio, fr. ascribere. See {Ascribe}.] The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ascription
noun
1: assigning some quality or character to a person or thing; "the attribution of language to birds"; "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned" [syn: {attribution}]
2: assigning to a cause or source; "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso" [syn: {attribution}]
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