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Webster 1913 Edition
Superscription
1.
The act of superscribing.
2.
That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like.
Holland.
The
superscription
of his accusation was written over, The King of the Jews. Mark xv. 26.
3.
(Pharm.)
That part of a prescription which contains the Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign [GREEK].
Webster 1828 Edition
Superscription
SUPERSCRIP'TION
,Noun.
1.
That which is written or engraved on the outside, or above something else. The superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Mark 15. Luke 23.
2.
An impression of letters on coins. Matt.22.Definition 2024
superscription
superscription
English
Noun
superscription (plural superscriptions)
- Something written (or engraved) on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, etc.
- 1930, Pearl S. Buck, East wind: west wind, Moyer Bell, page 124:
- Its superscription was my name, and the name of the sender, my mother.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1140:
- Schwartz glanced at the printed superscription on the envelope and grumbled as he put the envelope away in his overcoat pocket, to read at leisure.
- 1930, Pearl S. Buck, East wind: west wind, Moyer Bell, page 124:
- An editorial addition at the beginning, often indicating the authorship of a piece; compare colophon.
- 1911 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. — Encyclopædia Britannica.
- The act of superscribing.