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Verb

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

• (transitive) to write on the exterior of, the surface of, or above.
  • ✤ He superscribed each character with its Latin-alphabet equivalent.
• (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.
• (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.¹

Etymology

From Latin superscrībo (“write over”). By surface analysis, super- +‎ scribe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /suːpəˈskɹʌɪb/

Printed 2026-07-18.

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Footnotes

1. 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 121: ↩

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