different between ascribe vs consider

English

Etymology

From Middle English ascriben, from Old French ascrivre (“inscribe, attribute, impute”), from Latin ?scr?bere (“to state in writing”), equivalent to a- +? scribe.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??sk?a?b/

Verb

ascribe (third-person singular simple present ascribes, present participle ascribing, simple past and past participle ascribed)

1. (transitive) To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
2. (transitive) To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
3. (nonstandard, with to) To believe in or agree with; subscribe.

Synonyms

• attribute
• impute

Derived terms

• ascribable

Related terms

• ascription
• ascriptive

Translations

Anagrams

• Brescia, carbies, caribes

Latin

Verb

?scr?be

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?scr?b?

English

Alternative forms

• considre (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d?/, [k?n?s???]
• Rhymes: -?d?(?)

Verb

consider (third-person singular simple present considers, present participle considering, simple past and past participle considered)

1. (transitive) To think about seriously.

   Synonyms: bethink, (on) reflect
2. (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
3. (transitive) To think of doing.

   Synonyms: think of, bethink

4. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.

   Synonyms: deem, regard, think of; see also Thesaurus:deem

   • 1825, Thomas Macaulay, An Essay on John Milton

     Considered as plays, his works are absurd.
5. (transitive) To look at attentively.

   Synonyms: regard, observe; see also Thesaurus:pay attention
6. (transitive) To take up as an example.
7. (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.

   Synonyms: deliberate, bethink

8. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

   Synonym: take into account

   • February 21, 1679, William Temple, letter to the Lord Treasurer

     England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.

Usage notes

• In sense 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• considre, decorins

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kon?sider]

Verb

consider

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of considera