ADSCRIPT - Definition

Pronunciation:		'adskript
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[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

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	Synonyms:	adscripted, unfree

	Antonyms:	inferior, subscript, superior, superscript


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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.