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SUPERSCRIBE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they superscribe ... he / she / it superscribes
Past simple: superscribed
Past participle: superscribed
-ing form: superscribing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Write on the outside or upper part of
Example:
superscribe an envelope
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "superscribe" is one way to...):
write (mark or trace on a surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
superscription (the activity of superscribing)
superscription (an inscription written above something else)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Write on the top or outside
Example:
superscribe one's name and address
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "superscribe" is one way to...):
write (mark or trace on a surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
superscription (the activity of superscribing)
superscription (an inscription written above something else)
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