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SUPERSCRIPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activity of superscribing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("superscription" is a kind of...):
inscription (the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words)
Derivation:
superscribe (write on the outside or upper part of)
superscribe (write on the top or outside)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An inscription written above something else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("superscription" is a kind of...):
inscription; lettering (letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something)
Derivation:
superscribe (write on the outside or upper part of)
superscribe (write on the top or outside)
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