superadd
/ˌsuːpəɹˈæd/
superadd verb: to add on top of a previous addition.
Verb
superadd (third-person singular simple present superadds, present participle superadding, simple past and past participle superadded)
- To add on top of a previous addition.
- To our antiquarian interest in poor Jocelin and his Convent, where the whole aspect of existence, the whole dialect, of thought, of speech, of activity, is so obsolete, strange, long-vanished, there now superadds itself a mild glow of human interest for Abbot Samson […]1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “Abbot Samson”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk)
- Locke's claim that God may superadd to matter a faculty of thinking allows us to usefully relabel our problem[…]2007, Lex Newman, The Cambridge companion to Locke's "Essay concerning human understanding"
Forms of superadd
| third-person singular present | superadds |
|---|---|
| present participle | superadding |
| past participle | superadded |
| past | superadded |
Origin of superadd
From super- + add.
Words formed from superadd
Questions about superadd
- What does superadd mean?
- Superadd means to add on top of a previous addition.
- What part of speech is superadd?
- Superadd is a verb.
- How do you pronounce superadd?
- Superadd is pronounced /ˌsuːpəɹˈæd/.
- What is the past tense of superadd?
- The past tense of superadd is superadded.
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