superscription
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superscription
- /suːpəˈskɹɪpʃ(ə)n/ UK
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From Middle French superscription, or its source, Late Latin superscriptio, from superscribere.
noun superscriptions
- Something written (or engraved) on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, etc. Hovv counterfeit a coin they are vvho friends / Bear in their Superſcription (of the moſt / I vvould be underſtood) in proſperous days / They ſvvarm, but in adverſe vvithdravv their head / Not to be found, though ſought.
- An editorial addition at the beginning, often indicating the authorship of a piece. 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica 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.
- The act of superscribing.
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noun Something written (or engraved) on the surface
| Русский | надпись nadpisʹ |
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