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superscription

[ soo-per-skrip-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of superscribing.
  2. something that is superscribed.
  3. an address on a letter, parcel, or the like.
  4. Pharmacology. the sign ℞, meaning “take,†at the beginning of a prescription.


superscription

/ ËŒ²õ³Ü˱èəˈ²õ°ì°ùɪ±èʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. the act of superscribing
  2. a superscribed title, address, etc
  3. the symbol ( ) at the head of a medical prescription, which stands for the Latin word recipe (take)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of superscription1

1350–1400; Middle English superscripcioun < Late Latin ²õ³Ü±è±ð°ù²õ³¦°ùÄ«±è³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ²õ³Ü±è±ð°ù²õ³¦°ùÄ«±è³Ù¾±Å ) a writing above. See superscript, -ion
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"From the King!" exclaimed Sir John Grey--"from the King!--a letter to me!"--and he held the packet to the lamp, and gazed on the superscription attentively.

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The letter, which was without superscription, fell into the hands of the Electress, who, believing it intended for herself, received it with delight.

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My servant, who has lived with me fourteen years, may, for aught I know, have been bribed to abstract these letters on their arrival; they would be easily recognized by the very superscription.

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Writing his acceptance of his uncle's offer had not been pleasant, yet now that it was done he contemplated the superscription, "R. Harding, Esq.," with grave satisfaction.

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"James" is also a homily exhorting to patient endurance, but there is nothing to suggest its having ever been sent anywhere as a letter, save the brief superscription written in imitation of 1st Pet. i.

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