Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cross out by drawing a line or lines over or through.
 
from The Century Dictionary.
- To score or draw a line or lines over; erase by drawing lines over.
 
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Examples
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These probabilities agree very well with measured data (e – = electron, e+ = positron, q = quark, q with overscore = antiquark, g = gluon).
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 - Information for the Public 2004
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If you write by hand print out proper names as legibly as possible; underscore _u_ and overscore _n_.
Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Grant Milnor Hyde
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Letters enclosed in a square bracket with tilde denote that there is an overscore or tilde above the letter; for example
Luca Signorelli Maud Cruttwell
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Anthony threw himself back in his chair as the delicate tinkling began to pour out and overscore the soft cooing of a pigeon on the roofs somewhere and the murmur of bees through the open window.
By What Authority? Robert Hugh Benson 1892
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Best Rookie Performance: Adam Melling (if they don't overscore Jadson Andre's one trick airs).
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It was like the judges were trying to leave the door open in case Taj mustered a comeback so they could overscore him straight into the final.
 
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