| Superscription 1. (n.) The act of superscribing. 2. (n.) That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like. 3. (n.) That part of a prescription which contains the Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign /. Thesaurus Entries address, banner, banner head, billhead, caption, destination, direction, drop head, dropline, epigraph, hanger, head, heading, headline, jump head, legend, letterhead, motto, name and address, overline, postal zone, rubric, running head, running title, scarehead, screamer, spread, spreadhead, streamer, subhead, subheading, subtitle, title, title page, zip code, zone |