Library / English Dictionary

SUPERSCRIBE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Write on the outside or upper part of

Example:

superscribe an envelope

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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 top or outside

Example:

superscribe one's name and address

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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)

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