"superscribe" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /suːpəˈskɹʌɪb/ [UK] Forms: superscribes [present, singular, third-person], superscribing [participle, present], superscribed [participle, past], superscribed [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin superscrīboder. English superscribe From Latin superscrībo (“write over”). By surface analysis, super- + scribe. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:der|la:superscrībo<id:write>|id=write|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin superscrīboder. English superscribe [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "write", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "pref", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "above", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "above", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "above", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*úp", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-er", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-r", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*upér", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*super", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "super", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "super-", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "write", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "cut", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)ker-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)kreybʰ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)kréybʰeti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*skreiβō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "scrībō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "superscrībo", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "superscribe", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="write" data-lang="en" data-title="superscribe" id="English:_write">, {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kreybʰ-}}, {{uder|en|la|superscrībo||write over}} Latin superscrībo (“write over”), {{surf|en|super-|scribe}} By surface analysis, super- + scribe Head templates: {{en-verb}} superscribe (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. Tags: transitive
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  2. (transitive) to write (something) on the exterior of an object, such as a document or an envelope. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-superscribe-en-verb-dwwXrH6U Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with super-, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 42 39 19 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 43 40 17 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 39 25 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with super-: 45 37 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 38 37 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 30 35 36 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 29 35 36
  3. (transitive) To address (an envelope etc.). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-superscribe-en-verb-GC1WASV4 Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with super-, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 42 39 19 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 43 40 17 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 39 25 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with super-: 45 37 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 38 37 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 30 35 36 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 29 35 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unsuperscribed

Verb [Latin]

Forms: superscrībe [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=superscrībe}} superscrībe
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of superscrībō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: superscrībō
    Sense id: en-superscribe-la-verb-yZCBh0RX Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    [
      "super",
      "super#Latin:_above"
    ],
    [
      "super-",
      "super-#Latin:_pref"
    ],
    [
      "*(s)ker-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)ker-#Proto-Indo-European:_cut"
    ],
    [
      "*(s)kreybʰ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)kreybʰ-"
    ],
    [
      "*(s)kréybʰeti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)kréybʰeti"
    ],
    [
      "*skreiβō",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/skreiβō"
    ],
    [
      "scrībō",
      "scribo#Latin:_write"
    ],
    [
      "superscrībo",
      "superscribo#Latin:_write"
    ],
    [
      "superscrībo",
      "superscribo#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "super-",
      "super-#English"
    ],
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      "scribe",
      "scribe#English"
    ]
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":der",
        "3": "la:superscrībo<id:write>",
        "id": "write",
        "tree": "1"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "superscrībo",
        "4": "",
        "5": "write over"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "super-",
        "3": "scribe"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, super- + scribe",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "superscribes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superscribing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superscribed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superscribed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "superscribe (third-person singular simple present superscribes, present participle superscribing, simple past and past participle superscribed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He superscribed each character with its Latin-alphabet equivalent.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write on the exterior of, the surface of, or above."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to write on the exterior of, the surface of, or above."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "text": "His wife superscribed her own notes on each of his letters before sending them in packets to the editor.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write (something) on the exterior of an object, such as a document or an envelope."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ],
        [
          "envelope",
          "envelope"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to write (something) on the exterior of an object, such as a document or an envelope."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              87,
              99
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 121:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To address (an envelope etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "address",
          "address"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To address (an envelope etc.)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/suːpəˈskɹʌɪb/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "superscribe"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "superscrībe",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "superscrībe"
      },
      "expansion": "superscrībe",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "superscrībō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular present active imperative of superscrībō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "superscrībō",
          "superscribo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "superscribe"
}

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