overprint

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Synonyms: overpaint, overfront, overprice, overprize, overdrink, overspring, overrent, overprints, overplant, overring

Antonyms: overpaint, overfront, overprice, overprize, overdrink, overspring, overrent, overprints, overplant, overring

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|philately}} An [[addition]] of [[new]] [[text]] on a [[previously]] [[print]]ed [[stamp]], usually to [[add]] a [[surcharge]] or [[change]] the [[face value]].
2. {{lb|en|geology|by analogy}} The set of [[petrological]], [[structural]], and/or [[mineralogical]] [[characteristic]]s [[superimposed]] onto [[rock]] by the [[action]] of [[geological]] [[process]]es over [[deep time]].

Verb

1. To [[print]] [[over]] what has already been printed.
2. {{lb|en|transitive|philately}} To [[add]] an [[#Noun|overprint]] to (a [[stamp]]).
3. {{lb|en|geology|by analogy}} To [[superimpose]] a [[new]] [[set]] of [[petrological]], [[structural]], and/or [[mineralogical]] [[characteristic]]s onto [[rock]] by the [[action]] of [[geological]] [[process]]es over [[deep time]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[print]] [[too many]] [[copy|copies]] of.
5. {{lb|en|printing}} To [[overlap]] [[different]] [[colours]] to [[avoid]] [[gap]]s.

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