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overtitle

The English word “overtitle” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To give too high a title or status to.

noun

  1. One of a set of lines displayed above a stage and manually synchronized with the speech of the actors, rather like television subtitles.

Etymology

From over- + title.

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