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Verb: overwrite (overwrote,overwritten)  ,ow-vu(r)'rIt
  1. (computing) write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data
    "overwrite that file"

Derived forms: overwriting, overwrites, overwrote, overwritten

Type of: save, write

Encyclopedia: Overwrite

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