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Ascribable Definition & Meaning

ascribable
adjective
  1. capable of being 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"

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What does ascribable mean?
capable of being 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"
What part of speech is ascribable?
Ascribable is an adjective.

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