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adscript
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- A circumscribed or inscribed line, especially a tangent of a curve.
- An adscript feudal serf.
- A comment or note added to a manuscript, especially one which in error becomes incorporated into the text.
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Origin
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mid 17th century; earliest use found in William Bedwell (bap. 1563, d. 1632), Arabist and mathematician. From classical Latin adscrīptus (also ascrīptus), past participle (in post-classical Latin also used as adjective and noun: see note) of adscrībere (also ascrībere)
[], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- Of a feudal serf: hereditarily attached to an estate, and transferred with it.
- Written after; opposed to subscript. Chiefly in "iota adscript".
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Origin
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mid 17th century; earliest use found in William Bedwell (bap. 1563, d. 1632), Arabist and mathematician. From classical Latin adscrīptus (also ascrīptus), past participle (in post-classical Latin also used as adjective and noun: see note) of adscrībere (also ascrībere)
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