adscript

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Etymology

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From Latin adscriptus, past participle of adscribere (to enroll). See ascribe.

Noun

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adscript (plural adscripts)

  1. A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
  2. (typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.

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Adjective

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adscript (not comparable)

  1. Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.

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Verb

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adscript (third-person singular simple present adscripts, present participle adscripting, simple past and past participle adscripted)

  1. (transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.

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