英和和英

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /suːpəˈskɹʌɪb/

動詞

superscribe (三人称単数 現在形 superscribes, 現在分詞 superscribing, 過去形および過去分詞形 superscribed)

1. (transitive) to write on the exterior of, the surface of, or above.

   He superscribed each character with its Latin-alphabet equivalent.

2. (transitive) to write (something) on the exterior of an object, such as a document or an envelope.

   His wife superscribed her own notes on each of his letters before sending them in packets to the editor.

3. (transitive) To address (an envelope etc.).
   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 121:

     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.