superscription
Americannoun
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the act of superscribing.
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something that is superscribed.
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an address on a letter, parcel, or the like.
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Pharmacology. the sign ℞, meaning “take,” at the beginning of a prescription.
noun
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the act of superscribing
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a superscribed title, address, etc
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the symbol ( ) at the head of a medical prescription, which stands for the Latin word recipe (take)
Etymology
Origin of superscription
1350–1400; Middle English superscripcioun < Late Latin superscrīptiōn- (stem of superscrīptiō ) a writing above. See superscript, -ion
Example Sentences
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Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
"Margaret Van Eyck," was the reply: for they naturally thought the contents were by the same hand as the superscription.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
Many wore badges cut from the large copper coins then in use and bearing the sacred image and superscription of Liberty.
From Liberty In The Nineteenth Century by Frederic May Holland
If next we turn to the more general epistle known as 1st John the lack of any superscription is more than counterbalanced by the writer's full and explicit declarations regarding motive and occasion.
From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
In the two that have a superscription, it is styled the Book of Kriemhild.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
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