"write over" meaning in All languages combined

See write over on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: writes over [present, singular, third-person], writing over [participle, present], wrote over [past], written over [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|write<,,wrote,written> over}} write over (third-person singular simple present writes over, present participle writing over, simple past wrote over, past participle written over)
  1. (transitive, computing) To save a piece of data in place of other data; to overwrite. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

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