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ADSCRIPT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adscript mean?
• ADSCRIPT (adjective)
The adjective ADSCRIPT has 2 senses:
1. written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it
2. (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner
Familiarity information: ADSCRIPT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it
Domain category:
printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)
Antonym:
subscript (written or printed below and to one side of another character)
superscript (written or printed above and to one side of another character)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner
Synonyms:
adscript; adscripted
Context example:
an adscript serf
Similar:
unfree (hampered and not free; not able to act at will)
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