Superlie
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To lie above. dated, transitive
"[…] the soil of the river into which they have been sent, and which they enclose, is dredged or rather scooped out until the hard gravel which superlies the clay is reached […]"
Example
More examples"[…] the soil of the river into which they have been sent, and which they enclose, is dredged or rather scooped out until the hard gravel which superlies the clay is reached […]"
Etymology
From super- + lie.
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