¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overwrote
1. overwrite [v] - See also: overwrite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overwrote
Literary usage of Overwrote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Nothing that Robinson overwrote reaches the level of his alleged address to the
departing pilgrims ; expressing confidence that 'the Lord has more truth yet ..."
2. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
""Vivian Grey," with all its youthful faults, gives one a greater impression of
purely intellectual brilliance than anything else he overwrote or spoke. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1879)
"From an early period of its progress his Magazine engrossed a very large share
of his time ; and though he scarcely overwrote for its pages himself, ..."
4. Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life by George Gordon Byron Byron (1830)
"I told you it was one of the best things you overwrote, though that dog Power «anted
you to omit part of it. They are all regretting your absence at ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"On January 29, 1894, the defendant refusing to pay the balance then due on the
note, the plaintiffs, t by their attorney, overwrote the defendant's ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"If transferee knew note was Indorsed before payee overwrote his Indorsement, he
must, to recover of the original indorser, give the same extrinsic evidence ..."
Other Resources:
