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

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Etymology

Origin of superadd

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

superadd

It is not uncommon for the most parsimonious persons to be liberal in good words, and to superadd the pang of disappointment to the already almost insupportable sufferings of the destitute.

From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Francis Augustus Cox

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

From The Revenge A Tragedy by Edward Young

To which if they superadd any other rites, it is unknown to any but those that are present at them.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough

These, it was pointed out, would superadd to the risk of capture and confiscation, to which a blockade-runner is admittedly liable, the novel penalty of total destruction of the ship and all on board.

From Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) by Sir Thomas Erskine Holland

In some respects it even had power to superadd a fictitious character to his real one, but his qualities of soul and his natural character still remained untouched.

From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Sir Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry) Jerningham

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