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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
2. 2
   Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.

Verb

1. 1
   To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs. transitive

Adjective

1. 1
   Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner wordnet
2. 2
   written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it wordnet

Synonyms

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adscriptedadscripted

Antonyms

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subscriptsuperscript

Etymology

From Latin adscriptus, past participle of adscribere (“to enroll”). See ascribe.

Related phrases

iota adscript

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