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Overlying

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o·ver·lie  (vr-l)
tr.v. o·ver·lay (-l), o·ver·lain (-ln), o·ver·ly·ing, o·ver·lies
1. To lie over or on.
2. To suffocate (a baby, for example) by accidentally lying on top of it.
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Adj.1.overlying - placed on or over something else; "an overlying image"
superimposed
superjacent - lying immediately above or on something else


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It was as if two pictures, the scene of my dream, and my actual surroundings, had been blended, one overlying the other, until the former, gradually fading, disappeared, and I was broad awake in the deserted cabin, entirely and tranquilly conscious of my situation.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Hillocks grow into hills, and hills into mountains, each range overlying its neighbor, until they soar up in the giant chain which raises its spotless and untrodden peaks, white and dazzling, against the pale blue wintry sky.
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Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.
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