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

Under these circumstances, we are required to believe an anonymous story, which runs counter to all evidence, that we may superadd an absurdity.

From Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

Mr. Upton, not contented with Heathen learning, when he finds it in the text, must necessarily superadd it, when it appears to be wanting; because Shakespeare most certainly hath lost it by accident!

From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol

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 Melville, Herman

For, tearing it, I not secure it only In its first force, but superadd a new.

From The Revenge A Tragedy by Young, Edward

He alone gives all church officers, and therefore none may devise or superadd any new officers, Eph. iv.

From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by