Definition of "superscribe"

superscribe

/suːpəˈskɹʌɪb/

verb
third-person singular simple present superscribes, present participle superscribing, simple past and past participle superscribed
1. (transitive) to write on the exterior of, the surface of, or above.
2. (transitive) to write (something) on the exterior of an object, such as a document or an envelope.
3. (transitive) To address (an envelope etc.).
  Quotations
  That Friday, which began like any other, when my fate was brought up from the kitchen, superscribed to me, and put into my ignorant hand.
  1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 121