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sur⋅print

[sur-print]
–verb (used with object)
1. to print over with additional marks or matter; overprint.
2. to print (additional marks, a new address, etc.) over something already printed.
–noun
3. something surprinted.

Origin:
1915–20; sur- 1 + print
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sur·print   (sûr'prĭnt')   
tr.v.   sur·print·ed, sur·print·ing, sur·prints
  1. To overprint.

  2. To superimpose (a second negative) on a previously printed image of the first negative.

sur'print' n.
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