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

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