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adscript

[ ad-skript ]

/ ˈæd skrɪpt /

adjective

written after (distinguished from subscript).

noun

an adscript character. Compare inferior(def 11), superior(def 12).

Origin of adscript

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

Words nearby adscript

adrienne, adrift, adroit, ads, adscititious, adscript, adscription, adsl, adson's test, adsorb, adsorbate

Example sentences from the Web for adscript

Adscript, ad′skript, adj. written after: attached to the soil, of feudal serfs—in this sense also used as a noun.

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