Dictionary

superscribe en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /suːpəˈskɹʌɪb/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin superscrīboder. English superscribe From Latin superscrībo (“write over”). By surface analysis, super- + scribe.

Meanings

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.).
   • 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. 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 121:

Forms

Deriveds

unsuperscribed