Misascribe

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To ascribe wrongly. transitive

    "Some people misascribe the works of Shakespeare to other writers."

Synonyms

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misattribute

Example

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"Some people misascribe the works of Shakespeare to other writers."

Etymology

From mis- + ascribe.

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