The phrase "ascribe power" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the attribution of authority or influence to someone or something.
Example: "In many cultures, people tend to ascribe power to their leaders based on their charisma and ability to inspire."
Alternatives: "attribute power" or "assign power".
The big questions are: Will the clergy be able to give up their ascribed power?
First and foremost, the media loves conflict, so they will build up conflict in any way they can, even if it means ascribing power to Republicans who have very little power.
Sales figures are not yet available in the United States, where this year State Representative Lisa Brown, a Democrat, was censored for saying "vagina" in the Michigan House of Representatives, and where more recently, Representative Todd Akin, Republican of Missouri, ascribed powers to female anatomy that he said could suppress the sperm of a rapist.
Moreover, all the ascribed powers of that faculty, he adds, can be explained by human sympathy.
"In the same way it is easier to ascribe her power" over Caesar and Antony "to magic than to love.
But what makes proponents of conspiracy theories so obsessive is that they ascribe infinite power to the entities they label as enemies: anything that goes wrong is unrelated to their own misjudgments or failings.
Paradoxically, it is always non-advertising people who ascribe devilish powers of persuasion to advertising.
Water almost always plays an important role in or near sacred places, because to it is generally ascribed a power that is purifying or even curative or miraculous.
By blaming the downfall of Hunt on mobs of internet feminists, the media are ascribing them power, transforming everyone on social media with feelings about sexism into a dangerous monolith that threatens free speech.
Few would ascribe supernatural powers to Prince Andrew, but I bet they'll be a sense of excitement when he enters the room, against the better judgments of many of the guests.
