OVERPOST

Etymology

Verb

overpost (third-person singular simple present overposts, present participle overposting, simple past and past participle overposted)

To post too much or too often.

To pass over swiftly, as if by post.

(cartography) To print a text label or other graphic feature on top of another symbol.

To place a poster so that it covers all or part of another poster.

(computing) To breach security by overwriting data that is not intended for user input.

Noun

overpost (plural overposts)

(accounting) An entry that has been posted more than once to a journal.

(cartography) An overlap of two graphic elements.

Anagrams

• overpots, overtops, proovest, stop over, stop-over, stopover

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*post", v. t.

Definition: To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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