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superscribe, v.|s(j)uːpəˈskraɪb, ˈs(j)uːpəskraɪb|
[ad. late L. superscrībĕre, f. super- super- 2 + scrībĕre to write. Cf. It. soprascrivere, Sp. sobrescribir, Pg. sobrescrever]
1. trans. To inscribe or mark with writing on the surface or upper part; to write upon; to put an inscription on or over.
What is superscribed is usually denoted by a compl.; but it occas. forms the subject of the vb.
1605R. Carew in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 99 A Booke.. which was by the Statyoner superscribed on the backe..to Mr. Camden. 1624Bp. Hall True Peacemaker in Var. Treat. (1627) 543 He who hath graciously said all this while, ‘Da pacem, Domine’ (Give peace in our time, O Lord!) may superscribe at the last his iust trophees with ‘Blessed be the Lord which teacheth my hands to warre, and my fingers to fight!’ 1651Cleveland Poems 24 No Fellon is more letter'd, though the brand Both superscribes his shoulder and his hand. 1705Addison Italy (1733) 54 A stone superscrib'd Lapis Vituperii. 1712Steele Spect. No. 423 ⁋4 He received a Message..superscribed With Speed. a1901W. Bright Age Fathers (1903) I. ii. 19 A sealed packet with a leather covering, superscribed, ‘Statement of the Catholic Church [etc.]’.
2. spec. To write a name, address, or direction on the outside or cover of; to address (a letter, etc.) to a person. (Also with compl.) arch.
1598[see superscribed below]. 1617Donne Serm. 2 Nov. (1661) III. 97 There is Gospel, but not preached to them; there are Epistles, but not superscribed to them. 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Wars 374 The Emperour sent Letters soon after, superscribed to the States of Holland. 1738in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. i. 516 You forgot to superscribe your Letter to me, which puzzled Mr. Waters a little how to send it. 1825Macaulay Ess., Milton (1897) 1 The whole was wrapped up in an envelope, superscribed To Mr. Skinner, Merchant. 1906E. A. Abbott Silanus xxxiii. 323 Scaurus usually superscribed his letters to me with his own hand.
b. To write (a name or address) upon a letter.
1728Fielding Love in sev. Masques iv. iv, This Letter, I did, indeed, write, but not to you... His Name to whom I designed it is erased, and yours superscribed.
3. To write one's name at the head of a document: opposed to subscribe 1.
a. with the name as obj.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xxi. §67 The aforesaid Noble Prince hath superscribed his name; and the witnesses..haue subscribed their names. a1661Fuller Worthies, Surrey (1662) iii. 78, I perceive that Princes, when writing to Princes subscribe their names, and generally superscribe them to subjects.
b. with the document as obj. (also with compl.).
1775L. Shaw Hist. Moray iv. 179 Our Kings never did subscribe their charters..and of late they superscribe them. 1826Scott Woodst. xxxviii, The lines forwarded by..Dr. Rochecliffe, superscribed in small letters, c.r., and subscribed Louis Kerneguy. 1845Ld. Campbell Chancellors I. Introd. 25 This [bill of proposed patent]..is superscribed by the sovereign, and sealed with the Privy Signet. 1863H. Cox Instit. iii. vi. 669 The King's signet, used in sealing all grants superscribed by the Royal sign-manual.
4. To write (a letter or word) above another, or above the line of writing.
1776[see superscribed below]. 1861Paley æschylus (ed. 2) Pers. 757 note, Hermann has edited ἐξερήµωσεν πέσος... He explains a various reading πεσσὸν by supposing σ was superscribed to correct the final ν. 1887Horstmann Early S. Eng. Leg. 93 Soule. note1 superscribed later.
Hence superscribed (-ˈskraɪbd, poet. -ˈskraɪbɪd) ppl. a.; superˈscribing vbl. n.
1598Marston Pigmal., Sat. i. 137 Why..Lett'st thou a superscribed letter fall? a1631Donne Valed. my Name x, In superscribinge, my name flowe Into thy fancy from thy pane. 1776J. Richardson Arab. Gram. iv. 14 They assume..the sound of such superscribed vowels. 1861Paley æschylus (ed. 2) Prometh. 694 note, κρήνην, with a superscribed α as a variant for κρήναν or κράναν. |