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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adscript \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adscript \Ad"script\, n. One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf. --Bancroft. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adscript adj 1: (printing) written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it [ant: {superscript}, {subscript}] 2: (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner; "an adscript serf" [syn: {adscripted}]
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