Ascriptive

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work or other object to someone or something.

    "Herodotus uses more ascriptives than Homer, but the adverbial participle is well illustrated in Herodotus and the complementary is fairly common."

Adjective
  1. 1
    ascribing; relating to ascription not-comparable

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abstract

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"Herodotus uses more ascriptives than Homer, but the adverbial participle is well illustrated in Herodotus and the complementary is fairly common."

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