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; see script
Example Sentences
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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
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
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