Meaning of Superscription | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something written (or engraved) on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, etc.
   countable, uncountable
2. An editorial addition at the beginning, often indicating the authorship of a piece.
   countable, uncountable
3. The act of superscribing.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

“"Dear me, Mr. Holmes. Dear me!" said this singular epistle. There was neither superscription nor signature. I laughed at the quaint message; but Holmes showed unwonted seriousness.”

“Its superscription was my name⟳, and the name⟳ of the sender, my mother.”

“Schwartz glanced at the printed superscription on the envelope and grumbled as he put⟳ the envelope away in his overcoat pocket, to read⟳ at leisure.”

“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.”

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