Dictionary entry

Adscititious

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ad′sci‐ti″tious (�), a. [L. adscitus, p. p. of adsciscere, asciscere, to take knowingly; ad + sciscere to seek to know, approve, scire to know.] Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious. “Adscititious evidence.” Bowring. — Ad′sci‐ti″tious‐ly, adv.