adscript
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English
Etymology
From Latin adscriptus, past participle of adscribere (“to enroll”). See ascribe.
Noun
adscript (plural adscripts)
- A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
- (typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
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Adjective
adscript (not comparable)
- Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
Translations
held to service as attached to the soil
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Verb
adscript (third-person singular simple present adscripts, present participle adscripting, simple past and past participle adscripted)
- (transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.