superscribe

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: su=per=scribe

CIDE DICTIONARY

superscribe, v. t. [L. superscribere, superscriptum; super over + scribere to write. See Super-, and Scribe.].

 To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a letter.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

superscribe, v.tr.
1 write (an inscription) at the top of or on the outside of a document etc.
2 write an inscription over or on (a thing).

Derivative

superscription n.

Etymology

L superscribere (as SUPER-, scribere script- write)

THESAURUS

superscribe

address, copy, copy out, direct, draft, draw up, edit, enface, engross, inscribe, make a recension, make out, pen, pencil, push the pen, put in writing, recense, record, revise, rewrite, scribe, scrive, scroll, spill ink, spoil paper, trace, transcribe, type, write, write down, write out