In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OVERTYPE
Etymology
Noun
overtype (countable and uncountable, plural overtypes)
(computing, uncountable) A feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character after the cursor rather than being inserted before it.
Synonyms: overstrike, typeover
(historical, countable) A kind of steam wagon having the engine above the cab.
Coordinate term: undertype
Verb
overtype (third-person singular simple present overtypes, present participle overtyping, simple past and past participle overtyped)
To type on top of something already typed.
Anagrams
• typeover
Source: Wiktionary
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