Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being ascribed or attributed; attributable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being ascribed; attributable.
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- adjective Able to be
ascribed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being assigned or credited to
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Examples
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All such states again as exist with stupefication (of the senses, the mind or the understanding) whose cause is unascertainable, and which are incomprehensible (by either reasons or inward light), should be known as ascribable to the action of
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Put differently, if a mystical experience has some impact upon a person's understanding then it must be 'ascribable' to that person, by themselves or another, and so the insistence on 'non-conceptuality' is self-contradicting;
About religious experience (William James, Schleiermacher etc) Sam Norton 2006
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The mosque in Richardson, Texas does not lend its cultural hall to any activity that is ascribable to a particular denomination, including a few groups who celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad.
Mike Ghouse: Muslim Canadians Should Ease Out Of Prayers In Public School Mike Ghouse 2011
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Although economic woes seem more ascribable to Bush's trickle-up policies - that is something for economists to argue.
Michael Hughes: Bush Created A No-Win Situation in Afghanistan for Obama Michael Hughes 2010
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A regression from two major trophies last year to early Cup calamities and a low podium finish in the Premier League would be much more offensive to Abramovich than any minor retreat ascribable to Claudio Ranieri, José Mourinho, Avram Grant or Luiz Felipe Scolari, who never made it to the business end of the 2008-09 campaign.
Carlo Ancelotti on the precipice as Chelsea prepare for Old Trafford | Paul Hayward 2011
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He was a blank slate, and I liked that he was ascribable, that I could assign him to be what I wanted him to be.
In the Time of Bobby Cox Lang Whitaker 2011
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Although economic woes seem more ascribable to Bush's trickle-up policies - that is something for economists to argue.
Michael Hughes: Bush Created A No-Win Situation in Afghanistan for Obama Michael Hughes 2010
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He was a blank slate, and I liked that he was ascribable, that I could assign him to be what I wanted him to be.
In the Time of Bobby Cox Lang Whitaker 2011
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Although economic woes seem more ascribable to Bush's trickle-up policies - that is something for economists to argue.
Michael Hughes: Bush Created A No-Win Situation in Afghanistan for Obama Michael Hughes 2010
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But, as Mark Liberman at Language Log points out, at least some of these data are no doubt ascribable to the "paper airplane effect":
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March 5, 2012