Superscribe

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Superscribe \Su`per*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Superscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superscribing}.] [L.
     superscribere, superscriptum; super over + scribere to write.
     See {Super-}, and {Scribe}.]
     To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the
     like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the


     like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to
     superscribe a letter.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  superscribe
       v 1: write on the top or outside; "superscribe one's name and
            address"
       2: write on the outside or upper part of; "superscribe an
          envelope"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "superscribe":
     address, copy, copy out, direct, draft, draw up, edit, enface,
     engross, inscribe, make a recension, make out, pen, pencil,
     push the pen, put in writing, recense, record, revise, rewrite,
     scribe, scrive, scroll, spill ink, spoil paper, trace, transcribe,
     type, write, write down, write out