adscript

[ad-skript]

adjective

1. written after (subscript ).

noun

1. an adscript character.

Word History and Origins

Origin of adscript¹

1715–25; < Latin a ( d ) scrīptus (past participle of ascrībere to ascribe ), equivalent to ad- ad- + scrīptus written; script

Example Sentences

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.

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The soul of man has never yet in any land been willingly adscript to the glebe.

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