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 Binning, Hugh

To superadd to such a character that of a democratic politician of the middle ages, seems an incongruous and harsh combination.

From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

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: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh by Carlyle, Thomas

Will not even literary honours superadd a nobility to nobility; and make a name instantly recognised which might otherwise be hidden under its rank, and remain unknown by its title?

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

It follows that the most agreeable labours are those which superadd to an object of important and lasting interest a due mixture of intermediate and somewhat diversified results.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 by Various