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overprint definition

over·print (ō′vər print′; also, and for n.always, ō′vər print′)

transitive verb

to print over or on top of (a previously printed surface)

noun

  1. anything overprinted
    1. anything officially printed over the original design on a stamp
    2. a stamp so overprinted

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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