Superscription
[,sju:pә'skripʃәn]
Definition
(noun.) the activity of superscribing.
(noun.) an inscription written above something else.
Checker: Rene--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of superscribing.
(n.) That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like.
(n.) That part of a prescription which contains the Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign /.
Checker: Spenser
Examples
- The books are extant to this day, with the fair delicate superscription. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His father could not see the kiss George had placed on the superscription of his letter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It bore no address without; within was the superscription:-- To the Divil of Hollow's Miln. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There is a date, you see, but no superscription except Leadenhall Street, which is rather vague. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- We were going on in this way, when one morning at breakfast Mr. Jarndyce received a letter, and looking at the superscription, said, From Boythorn? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He sealed it, and kissed the superscription. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Count looked carefully at the superscription and the seal, lit a candle, and burnt the letter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Murray