superadd

American  

[soo-per-ad] / ˌsu pərˈæd /

verb (used with object)

1. to add over and above; join as a further addition; add besides.

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superadd British  

/ ˌsuːpərˈæd /

verb

1. (tr) to add (something) to something that has already been added; add as extra

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Other Word Forms

• superaddition
  noun
• superadditional
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of superadd

1425–75; late Middle English superadden < Latin superaddere, equivalent to super- super- + addere to add

Example Sentences

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superadd

And if both delighted in their very projects and plots upon the business, what may we think the accomplishment of the whole design will add, if it were possible to superadd to their delight?

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

Here too may an extrinsic value gradually superadd itself: thus certain Iliads, and the like, have, in three-thousand years, attained quite new significance.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

To universal public misery, and universal neglect of the clearest public duties, let private charity superadd itself: there will thus be some balance restored, and maintained again; thus,—or by what conceivable method?

From Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle

Now, if to this consideration you superadd the official supremacy of a ship-master, then, by inference, you will derive the cause of that peculiarity of sea-life just mentioned.

From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Herman Melville

Certainly, the experience of misery and infirmity must superadd some tenderness to the heart of our High Priest.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning