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overlie |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overlie \O`ver*lie"\, v. t. [imp. {Overlay}; p. p. {Overlain}; p. pr & vb n. {Overlying}.] To lie over or upon specifically, to suffocate by lying upon as to overlie an infant. --Quain. A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping. --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: overlie v 1: lie upon lie on top of "the granite overlies the older rocks" 2: kill by lying on "The sow overlay her piglets" [syn: {overlay}]
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