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1. A manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain
2. Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form
1. The archaeologist discovered a palimpsest that had ancient Greek writing visible beneath a medieval text.
2. Bruce Wayne's scars are like a palimpsest, telling the story of his past battles as Batman.
3. The city's architecture is a palimpsest of historical styles, each overlaying and blending with the ones before it.
4. Nobita's homework notebook turned into a palimpsest after Doraemon used his gadget to erase and rewrite the answers.