superadd
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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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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
So are the men; who superadd to that mode of ablution a hasty use of the common brush and comb.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
The treasure sought not found, But some divine tears found to superadd Themselves to a long story.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean
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)
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
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