Superscription

//suːpəˈskɹɪpʃ(ə)n// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something written (or engraved) on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, etc. countable, uncountable

    "Hovv counterfeit a coin they are vvho friends / Bear in their Superſcription (of the moſt / I vvould be underſtood) in proſperous days / They ſvvarm, but in adverſe vvithdravv their head / Not to be found, though ſought."

  2. 2
    the activity of superscribing wordnet
  3. 3
    An editorial addition at the beginning, often indicating the authorship of a piece. countable, uncountable

    "1911, Encyclopædia Britannica By a pure error, or perhaps through a confusion in the traditions, Achish the Philistine (of Gath, 1 Sam. xxi., xxvii.), to whom David fled, is called Abimelech in the superscription to Psalm 34."

  4. 4
    an inscription written above something else wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of superscribing. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle French superscription, or its source, Late Latin superscriptio, from superscribere.

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