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Webster 1913 Edition

Superscribe

Suˊper-scribe′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Superscribed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Superscribing
.]
[L.
superscribere
,
superscriptum
;
super
over +
scribere
to write. See
Super-
, and
Scribe
.]
To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of (anything);
as, to
superscribe
a letter
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Superscribe

SUPERSCRI'BE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. super and scribo, to write.] To write or engrave on the top, outside or surface; or to write the name or address of one on the outside or cover; as, to superscribe a letter.

Definition 2024

superscribe

superscribe

English

Verb

superscribe ‎(third-person singular simple present superscribes, present participle superscribing, simple past and past participle superscribed)

  1. (transitive) to write on the exterior of, the surface of, or above.
    He superscribed each character with its Latin-alphabet equivalent.
  2. (transitive) to write (something) on the exterior of an object, such as a document or an envelope.
    His wife superscribed her own notes on each of his letters before sending them in packets to the editor.
  3. (transitive) To address (an envelope etc.).
    • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 121:
      That Friday, which began like any other, when my fate was brought up from the kitchen, superscribed to me, and put into my ignorant hand.

Latin

Verb

superscrībe

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of superscrībō

Etymology

From Latin superscrībo ‎(“write over”)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /suːpəˈskɹʌɪb/

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