Definition & Meaning | English word ADSCRIPT

Definitions of ADSCRIPT

1. A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
2. Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
3. (typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
4. (transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.

Examples of Using ADSCRIPT in a Sentence

• In some modern editions of classical texts, the original pronunciation of long diphthongs is represented by the use of iota adscript, with accents and breathing marks placed on the first vowel.
• The movement contributes an intellectual doctrine in which a number of current trends come together: the trend represented by the Florida group, adscript to ultraísmo, with Oliverio Girondo, Jorge Luis Borges, Leopoldo Marechal and Macedonio Fernández; and the trend of Boedo, impressed by Russian realism, with Raúl González Tuñón, César Tiempo y Elías Catelnuovo.
• It was written on parchment continuously and without separation in elegant minuscule, furnished with breathings (spiritus asper, spiritus lenis), accents, and Iota adscript.
• Iota subscript (a small Greek letter ι (iota) written underneath vowels in certain words to indicate a change of sound) is never used by the initial copyist, however iota adscript (where the ι is written as part of the main text with the same function as the iota subscript) is employed quite often, most frequently with substantives, definite articles, and pronouns.

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