SUPERSCRIBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superscribe mean? 

• SUPERSCRIBE (verb)
  The verb SUPERSCRIBE has 2 senses:

1. write on the top or outside

2. write on the outside or upper part of

  Familiarity information: SUPERSCRIBE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERSCRIBE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they superscribe    ... he / she / it superscribes   
Past simple: superscribed   
Past participle: superscribed   
-ing form: superscribing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Write on the top or outside

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

superscribe one's name and address

Hypernyms (to "superscribe" is one way to...):

write (mark or trace on a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

superscription (the activity of superscribing)

superscription (an inscription written above something else)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Write on the outside or upper part of

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

superscribe an envelope

Hypernyms (to "superscribe" is one way to...):

write (mark or trace on a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

superscription (the activity of superscribing)

superscription (an inscription written above something else)

 Context examples 

“PRIVATE: for the hands of G. J. Utterson ALONE, and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread,” so it was emphatically superscribed; and the lawyer dreaded to behold the contents.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The photograph was of Irene Adler herself in evening dress, the letter was superscribed to “Sherlock Holmes, Esq. To be left till called for.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)