To add in writing; append (one's name) to a document, etc.; subscribe.To inscribe or dedicate.To enroll or register.To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause or source; assign; set down: as, losses are often to be ascribed to imprudence.To attribute, as a quality or an appurtenance; consider or allege to belong.Synonyms Attribute, Refer, etc. See attribute.