ascribe
v.
mid-14c., ascrive, from Old French ascrivre "to inscribe; attribute, impute," from Latin ascribere "to write in, to add to in a writing," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + scribere "to write" (see script, n.). Spelling restored by 16c. Related: Ascribed; ascribing.
〔李〕[a-(ad-)=upon在……之上;scrib=to write写;-e→“to write a result upon把结果记在……之上”→] v. attribute to把……归因于