Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Something written above or outside something else.
- n. The act of superscribing.
- n. The part of a prescription that bears the Latin word recipe represented by the symbol ℞.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of superscribing.
- n. That which is written or engraved on the outside of or above something else; especially, an address on a letter.
Wiktionary
- n. Something written (or engraved) on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, etc.
- n. An editorial addition at the beginning, often indicating the authorship of a piece; compare colophon.
- n. The act of superscribing.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of superscribing.
- n. That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like.
- n. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the Latin word
recipe (Take) or the sign �.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an inscription written above something else
- n. the activity of superscribing
Etymologies
- From Middle French superscription, or its source, Late Latin superscriptio, from superscribere. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The title superscription of this psalm is: "When his land was restored to him.”
“It was directed to Philip Pip, Esquire, and on the top of the superscription were the words, “PLEASE READ THIS, HERE.””
“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
“It was directed to Philip Pip, Esquire, and on the top of the superscription were the words, "PLEASE READ THIS, HERE.”
“It was directed to Philip Pip, Esquire, and on the top of the superscription were the words, ` PLEASE READ THIS, HERE.”
“Philip Pip, Esquire, and on the top of the superscription were the words, "PLEASE READ THIS, HERE.”
“The superscription was a lady’s writing: the seal, the Dowager Lady’s, with a coronet.”
“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.”
“The superscription, that is, the address he had written on the envelope was: “To His Eminence Bahá’u’lláh, Leader of the Bábís.””
“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”
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