ascriptive adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •ascribing; relating to ascription noun1 •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. — 2008 formsascriptives
