I am suspecting an usage error of "ascribe" in this article:
I checked dictionaries and the definitions of "ascribe" are that if one ascribe [A] to , then either caused [A] or or that [A] is a quality of . No definitions of "ascribe" fitting the usage in the article could be found. What do native speakers think?When a wing section of a Boeing 777 washed up on the Indian Ocean island of La Réunion last month, the Malaysian government quickly ascribed the part to missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.