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   superscribe

   /ˌsuːpəˈskrʌɪb/

   verb

   • 1. write or print (an inscription) at the top of or on the outside of a document.
   • ▪ write or print an inscription at the top of or on the outside of (a document): "he invariably will want to superscribe the memo with one of his banal mottoes"
   • ▪ write or print (a letter, word, symbol, or line of writing or printing) above an existing letter, word, or line.

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin superscribere, from super- ‘over’ + scribere ‘write’.

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