a.; also ascititious. [f. L. adscīt- (ascīt-) ppl. stem of adscīsc-ĕre to admit, accept or receive from others (f. ad to + scīscĕre to acknowledge, approve by vote, inceptive of scī-re to know) + -ITIOUS, as if f. L. *adscīt-īcius.] Assumed, adopted from without; ‘taken in to complete something else, though originally extrinsic; supplemental; additional.’ J.
1620. Bacon, Nov. Org., II. xlviii. 542. They therefore called this [motion] perpetual and proper … and they called the others adscititious.
1697. Evelyn, Numism., ix. 305. Such adscititious Habits as may be contracted by Institution, Discipline and custom.
1783. Martyn, Geog. Mag., II. 517. The adscititious inhabitants of Terra Firma.
1847. Hamilton, Rew. & Punishm., III. (1853), 127. Immortality being adscititious, may be withheld.
1864. Max Müller, Sc. Lang., Ser. II. vi. (1868), 261. These initial vowels … are not radical, but merely adscititious in Greek.
