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superscribe

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su⋅per⋅scribe

  [soo-per-skrahyb, soo-per-skrahyb]
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–verb (used with object), -scribed, -scrib⋅ing.
1. to write (words, letters, one's name, address, etc.) above or on something.
2. to inscribe or mark with writing at the top or on the outside or surface of; put an inscription above or on: to superscribe the cover of a text with corrections.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L superscrībere, equiv. to super- super- + scrībere to write; see scribe 1
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su·per·scribe   (sōō'pər-skrīb')   
tr.v.   su·per·scribed, su·per·scrib·ing, su·per·scribes

  1. To write on the outside or upper part of (a letter, for example).

  2. To write (a name or an address, for example) on the top or outside.


[Latin superscrībere, to write over : super-, super- + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
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