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overstamp

overstamp verb: to apply a stamp over an existing image or text.

Verb

overstamp (third-person singular simple present overstamps, present participle overstamping, simple past and past participle overstamped)

  1. To apply a stamp over an existing image or text.
    • The submarine blueprints were overstamped with the words TOP SECRET.

Noun

overstamp (plural overstamps)

  1. A stamp applied over an existing image or text.

Forms of overstamp

Verb
third-person singular presentoverstamps
present participleoverstamping
past participleoverstamped
pastoverstamped
Noun
pluraloverstamps

Origin of overstamp

From over- + stamp.

Questions about overstamp

What does overstamp mean?
Overstamp means to apply a stamp over an existing image or text.
What part of speech is overstamp?
Overstamp can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overstamp?
The past tense of overstamp is overstamped.

Words near overstamp in the dictionary

  1. overstain
  2. overstained
  3. overstaining
  4. overstains
  5. overstale
  6. overstamp
  7. overstamped
  8. overstamping
  9. overstamps
  10. overstand
  11. overstanding

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