Present participle of ascribe; the act of attributing or crediting something to someone or something.
From Latin 'ascribere' with the English present participle suffix '-ing' added. The -ing form creates a gerund or continuous action form of the verb.
The -ing form is special in English because it can be both a verb and a noun—'ascribing blame' (verb) versus 'ascribing is a form of reasoning' (noun)—making it incredibly flexible!
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