transitive verb, intransitive verb overwrote -·wrote′, overwritten -·writ′·ten, overwriting -·writ′·ing

1. 1. to write (something) over other writing
   2. to write over (other writing)
2. Comput. to record (data) in a file, on a disk, etc. in such a way as to replace data that is already there
3. 1. to write too much about (some subject)
   2. to write (something) in too flowery or labored a style
4. override ()

noun