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Definition of Superscribed
1. superscribe [v] - See also: superscribe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superscribed
Literary usage of Superscribed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"... tho most common being those of Turner Societies exhibiting an ogling night
owl with a torch in one claw nnd ft sword in tho other, superscribed by the ..."
2. Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Abigail Waters: Who Died in Boston, November 22d by Joshua Huntington (1817)
"Your affectionate a rand-mother, ABIGAIL WATERS. (superscribed.) To the ^rand-children
and great-grandchildren ef their affectionate grand-mother, ..."
3. The Chinese Repository edited by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Willaims (1842)
"... having declared that tlie communication would not he received unless superscribed
as a petition, was at once dismissed. ..."
4. The Manuscripts of the Marquess Townshend by John Villiers Stuart Townshend Townshend, William Oxenham Hewlett, Henry Barr Tomkins (1887)
"... The following extract from a letter superscribed " For Mr. Jackson," BARI or
correspondence copied into this book. —' • • • • • Dec. 31, 1690. ..."
5. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"PRIVY SEAL authenticates royal grants superscribed by the Sovereign, as gifts of
pensions, presentations, and commissions, or warrants subscribed by the ..."
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