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From over- +‎ paint.

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overpaint (third-person singular simple present overpaints, present participle overpainting, simple past and past participle overpainted)

  1. To color or describe too strongly.
  2. To apply the final layers of paint over underpainting.
  3. (computer graphics) To erase by drawing graphics over the top.

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