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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Something written above or outside something else.
  • noun The act of superscribing.
  • noun The part of a prescription that bears the Latin word recipe represented by the symbol ℞.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of superscribing.
  • noun That which is written or engraved on the outside of or above something else; especially, an address on a letter.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of superscribing.
  • noun That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like.
  • noun (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign �.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Something written (or engraved) on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, etc.
  • noun An editorial addition at the beginning, often indicating the authorship of a piece; compare colophon.
  • noun The act of superscribing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an inscription written above something else
  • noun the activity of superscribing

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

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Examples

  • The title superscription of this psalm is: "When his land was restored to him."

    Latest Articles 2009

  • It was directed to Philip Pip, Esquire, and on the top of the superscription were the words, “PLEASE READ THIS, HERE.”

    Great Expectations 2007

  • "Page 273, volume 105," said I, interrupting him; for I suddenly recalled the superscription on the warranty deed.

    The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice Eugene Field 1872

  • It was directed to Philip Pip, Esquire, and on the top of the superscription were the words, "PLEASE READ THIS, HERE."

    Great Expectations Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1861

  • It was directed to Philip Pip, Esquire, and on the top of the superscription were the words, ` PLEASE READ THIS, HERE.

    Great Expectations 1860

  • Philip Pip, Esquire, and on the top of the superscription were the words, "PLEASE READ THIS, HERE."

    Great Expectations Charles Dickens 1841

  • The superscription was a lady’s writing: the seal, the Dowager Lady’s, with a coronet.

    Pamela 2006

  • A la carte pricing is available for both Fusion and Generation, with a new "superscription" option for Fusion that includes both Imagica's keyer, Primatte (R) and RE: Vision Effect's optical-flow based retiming solution, Twixtor.

    Broadcast Engineering RSS Feed 2009

  • The superscription, that is, the address he had written on the envelope was: “To His Eminence Bahá’u’lláh, Leader of the Bábís.”

    Memorials of the Faithful 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882

  • I waited for my letters with feverish impatience: if they were delayed, I was miserable, and overcome by a thousand fears; and when they arrived, and I saw the superscription of

    Chapter 19 2010

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