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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. assigning some quality or character to a person or thing;
- Example: "the attribution of language to birds"
- Example: "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned"
[syn: attribution, ascription]

2. assigning to a cause or source;
- Example: "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"
- Example: "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso"
[syn: attribution, ascription]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ascription \As*crip"tion\, n. [L. ascriptio, fr. ascribere. See
   Ascribe.]
   The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also,
   that which is ascribed.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ascription
    n 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,
         ascription]
    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,
       ascription]