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Overlie

//ˌoʊvɚˈlaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To lie over or upon

    "The new sediment layers overlie the older rock formations."

  2. 2
    kill by lying on wordnet
  3. 3
    To suffocate by lying upon transitive
  4. 4
    lie upon; lie on top of wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English overlien, overliggen, equivalent to over- + lie (“to be reclined”). Compare West Frisian oerlizze, German überliegen, Danish overligge, Swedish överligga, Norwegian overligge.

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