o|ver|write

o|ver|write
o|ver|write «OH vuhr RYT», transitive verb, intransitive verb, -wrote, -writ|ten, -writ|ing.
1. to write too much (about a subject).
2. to write ornately or pretentiously: »

Why should books about the Arab world be…grossly overwritten? (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

3. to write on or over (other writing).
4. to enter data (into a computer file) so that it replaces what is already there.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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