overscore

American  

[oh-ver-skawr, -skohr] / ˌoʊ vərˈskɔr, -ˈskoʊr /

verb (used with object)

overscored, overscoring

1. to score over, as with strokes or lines.

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overscore British  

/ ˌəʊvəˈskɔː /

verb

1. (tr) to cancel or cross out by drawing a line or lines over or through

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Etymology

Origin of overscore

First recorded in 1840–50; over- + score

Example Sentences

"If we overscore cost in the evaluation then we risk squeezing contractors' profits and if they've got their sums wrong they may take their best staff off the contract and the taxpayer gets a sub-standard delivery."

From BBC

Most of the cello’s range, however, is smack in the middle of the orchestra as a whole, and it’s terribly easy for a composer to overscore the music and swamp the soloist.

From The New Yorker

Overscore, ō-vėr-skōr′, v.t. to score or draw lines over anything: to erase by this means.

From Project Gutenberg

When necessary to write in long hand, underscore u and overscore n, and print proper names and unusual words.

From Project Gutenberg

If you write by hand print out proper names as legibly as possible; underscore u and overscore n.

From Project Gutenberg