superscribe

present singular third person superscribes · participle present superscribing · participle past superscribed · past superscribed

1. transitiveto write on the exterior of, the surface of, or above.

   He superscribed each character with its Latin-alphabet equivalent.

2. transitiveto 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. transitiveTo address (an envelope etc.).

   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