I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb
1. : to write over the surface of
2. : to write in too literary, diffuse, or labored style
often overwrites his speeches — Jack Gould
intransitive verb
: to write too much
II. transitive verb
: to destroy (a computer program or data) by storing other data in the same storage locations