superadd

[ soo-per-ad ]

verb (used with object)

1. to add over and above; join as a further addition; add besides.

superadd

/ ˌsuːpərˈæd /

verb

1. tr to add (something) to something that has already been added; add as extra

Derived Forms

• ˌsuperadˈditional, adjective
• ˌsuperadˈdition, noun

Other Words From

• su·per·ad·di·tion [soo-per-, uh, -, dish, -, uh, n], noun
• super·ad·dition·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of superadd¹

1425–75; late Middle English superadden < Latin superaddere, equivalent to super- super- + addere to add

Example Sentences

So long as a state does not “superadd” pain to an execution, it has complied with the Eighth Amendment.

From Slate

So long as a state does not “superadd pain,” it can apparently get away with anything, even barbarous executions that don’t intentionally inflict unnecessary suffering.

From Slate

Superadd, sū-pėr-ad′, v.t. to add over and above.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

How, then, is this to be maintained unless you first lay down not to believe the word propagated by preaching which Christ appointed by charges and promises distinct and irrefragable, and enjoined to comprehend the whole revealed truth, but to believe only the word in Scripture, which He did indeed superadd to preaching, but never either enjoined or promised that all revealed truth should be contained in it?

From Project Gutenberg

The classical epics superadd the only ingredient necessary to an accomplished literature—that is to say, the knowledge of what has been done by other peoples and other literatures already, and the readiness to take advantage of the materials thus supplied.

From Project Gutenberg