overwrite

 
Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈrʌɪt/

verb (past overwrote; past participle overwritten)

[with object]
  • 1write on top of (other writing): many names had been scratched out or overwritten
  • Computing destroy (data) by entering new data in its place: an entry stating who is allowed to overwrite the file
  • another term for overtype.
  • 2write too elaborately or ornately: there is a tendency to overwrite their parts and fall into cliché
  • 3 [no object] (usually as noun overwriting) (in insurance) accept more risk than the premium income limits allow.