adscript
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of adscript
1715–25; < Latin a ( d ) scrīptus (past participle of ascrībere to ascribe ), equivalent to ad- ad- + scrīptus written; script
Example Sentences
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Lastly every equilater rectilineall ascribed to a circle, shall be equall to a triangle, of base equall to the perimeter of the adscript.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
The soul of man has never yet in any land been willingly adscript to the glebe.
From A Modern Utopia by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Thus it belonged not to persons only, but also to houses, and became a species of “immovable” property, passing to the purchaser of the house or property, as would the adscript slaves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
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