Definition of Overscores

1. overscore [v] - See also: overscore

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overscores

oversaw
oversay
oversaying
oversays
overscale
overscaled
overscan
overscented
overschedule
overscheduled
overschedules
overscheduling
overschooled
overscore
overscored
overscores (current term)
overscoring
overscreen
overscreened
overscreening
overscreens
overscrupulosity
overscrupulous
overscrupulousness
oversea
oversearch
oversearched
oversearches
oversearching
overseas

Literary usage of Overscores

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Romantic Composers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1906)
"He never overscores, never surfeits the ear and confuses the mind by laying on the tints too thickly or piling up colors that will not coalesce. ..."

2. The Standard System of Mandarin Romanization by Educational Association of China, F. E. Meigs (1904)
"Almost any typewriter can be adapted so as to type these marks, either as overscores or at the end of the words. In the use of these tone marks the ..."

3. Superfund Strategy edited by Chris Elfring, Irene S. Gordon (2003)
"... such as PRPs, believe that the NPL selection process overscores as many sites as it underscores.44 Several groups have attempted to obtain information ..."

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