The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ascribable \As*crib"a*ble\, a. Capable of being ascribed; attributable.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s, from ascribe + -able. Related: Ascribably; ascribability.
Wiktionary
a. Able to be ascribed.
WordNet
adj. (usually followed by `to') able to be assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him"; "decide to which of these motives such extraordinary scenes are referable"- Charles Dickens [syn: ascribable(p), due to(p), imputable(p), referable(p)]
Usage examples of "ascribable".
Supreme Soul and the human soul do not differ, and pleasure or pain ascribable to the latter arises from its imprisonment in the body.
To this cause perhaps, united to their frequent bathing and extreme cleanliness, is ascribable, in a great measure, the marvellous purity and smoothness of skin exhibited by the natives in general.
To this cause perhaps, united to their frequent bathing and extreme cleanliness, is ascribable, in a great measure, the marvellous purity and smoothness of skin exhibited by the natives in general.