overwrite
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To destroy (older data) by recording new data over it.
- (transitive) To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
- (ambitransitive) To write too much.
- (ambitransitive) To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
Etymology
Prefix from English write (imprint, engrave, inscribe).
Origin
English
write
Gloss
imprint, engrave, inscribe
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewrite English
- cowrite English
- enwrite English
- forewrite English
- handwrite English
- inwrite English
- miswrite English
- outwrite English
- overwritable English
- overwriteable English
- overwriter English
- prewrite English
- rewrite English
- screenwrite English
- skywrite English
- sleepwrite English
- subwrite English
- underwrite English
- unwrite English
- writability English
- writable English
- write English
- write-down English
- write-up English
- writeback English
- writee English
- writer English
- writest English
- writeth English
- writethrough English
- writing English
- writo English
- writen Middle English
- raitim Tok Pisin