superinscribev.
/ˌsuːpərɪnˈskrʌɪb/, /ˌsjuːpərɪnˈskrʌɪb/, U.S. /ˌsupərᵻnzˈkraɪb/, /ˌsupərᵻnˈskraɪb/ transitive (chiefly in passive). To inscribe on the top or at the head of something. Also: to inscribe (a thing) over or on top of another thing.
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1741 J. Mair in tr. Sallust Hist. Catiline's Conspiracy & War with Jugurtha Pref. p. vii Adverbs..which..[may be taken] for adjectives or other parts of speech, have the mark of the adverb superinscribed.
1820 T. L. Peacock Misc. in Wks. (1875) III. 328 Nine books..superinscribed with their [sc. the Muses'] nine names.
1867 Standard 21 Sept. 5/5 A representation of flowing water, superinscribed with the word Nile.
1919 Amer. Art News 12 Apr. 4/3 After having decided on A and having them so marked mayhap they sent again and caused D's to be superinscribed.
1976 October 1 45 The cry for help of a young woman tied up in a closet is superinscribed on a fragment of the design painted on the closet door.
2009 Washingtonpost.com (Nexis) 31 Mar. Licenses are super-inscribed..with the long-discarded..logo ‘An American Experience’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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