Ascribable

  • 111creditable — [kred′i tə bəl] adj. 1. deserving some credit or praise 2. ascribable (to) 3. Obs. credible 4. Obs. having good financial credit creditability n. creditably adv …

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  • 112imputable — [im pyo͞ot′ə bəl] adj. [ML imputabilis] that can be imputed; ascribable imputability n. imputably adv …

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  • 113ascribe — v.tr. (usu. foll. by to) 1 attribute or impute (ascribes his well being to a sound constitution). 2 regard as belonging. Derivatives: ascribable adj. Etymology: ME f. L ascribere (as AD , scribere script write) …

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  • 114attributable — adjective capable of being attributed (Freq. 4) the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale an idea attributable to a Russian • Ant: ↑unattributable • Similar to: ↑ascribable, ↑due, ↑ …

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  • 115due to — 1 her death was due to an infection: ATTRIBUTABLE TO, caused by, ascribed to, because of, put down to. 2 the train was cancelled due to staff shortages: BECAUSE OF, owing to, on account of, as a consequence of, as a result of, thanks to, in view… …

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  • 116prenasalization — (|) ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: pre + nasalization : pronunciation of a stop sound with a brief interval of nasalization that is not ascribable to a preceding segment of speech …

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