Hypertext Webster Gateway: "superscribe"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Superscribe \Su`per*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Superscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superscribing}.] [L.
superscribere, superscriptum; super over + scribere to write.
See {Super-}, and {Scribe}.]
To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the
like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the
like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to
superscribe a letter.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

superscribe
v 1: write on the top or outside; "superscribe one's name and
address"
2: write on the outside or upper part of; "superscribe an
envelope"


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