/sooh"peuhr skruyb', sooh'peuhr skruyb"/ , v.t., superscribed, superscribing .
1. to write (words, letters, one's name, address, etc.) above or on something.
2. to inscribe or mark with writing at the top or on the outside or surface of; put an inscription above or on: to superscribe the cover of a text with corrections.
[ 1590-1600; superscribere, equiv. to super- SUPER- + scribere to write; see SCRIBE 1 ]