overprint

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verb

over·​print ˌō-vər-ˈprint How to pronounce overprint (audio)
overprinted; overprinting; overprints

transitive verb

: to print over with something additional

overprint

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noun

over·​print ˈō-vər-ˌprint How to pronounce overprint (audio)
: something added by or as if by overprinting
especially : a printed marking added to a postage or revenue stamp especially to alter the original or to commemorate a special event

Examples of overprint in a Sentence

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Verb
The Argentine economy has dealt with chronic structural issues for decades: economic stagnation; a governmental tendency to overprint money for social programs; and, recently, rapidly dwindling foreign reserves amid a historic drought that has slowed agricultural exports. Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2023 The other subjects include a few near-abstract nature scenes and an owl rendered in bold black lines overprinted with areas of arboreal brown and tan. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
Noun
With only pocket change to spend in the 1950s, collector Charles Hack focused on acquiring stamps that few wanted: overprints churned out in Eastern Europe during World War I. Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023 But the biological overprint on this geological conundrum was a revelation. Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2016 For more Ukrainian history at the Smithsonian, visit the National Postal Museum’s display of Ukrainian trident overprint stamps from 1918. Ellen Feingold, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2022

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1863, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1876, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of overprint was in 1863

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“Overprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overprint. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

overprint

verb
over·​print
-ˈprint
: to print over with something additional
overprint
ˈō-vər-ˌprint
noun
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