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Adscript

Adscript Meaning & Definition
Adscript Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adscript?

[adj] (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner; "an adscript serf"
[adj] (printing) written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it

Synonyms | Synonyms for Adscript: adscripted | unfree

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Adscript In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad"script\, a. [L. adscriptus, p. p. of adscribere to enroll. See {Ascribe}.] Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.
\Ad"script\, n. One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf. --Bancroft.

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