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to believe something is the cause of something else
Their defeat was ascribed to a poor defense.
to believe that something is a typical quality of someone or something
He ascribes melodramatic behavior to teenagers in general.
to believe that a particular person wrote a book or a piece of music, painted a picture, etc. so that people generally accept this to be true
a work ascribed to Homer