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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. lie upon; lie on top of;
- Example: "the granite overlies the older rocks"

2. kill by lying on;
- Example: "The sow overlay her piglets"
[syn: overlie, overlay]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her
         sleeping.                                --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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:
       overlie, overlay]