overlie

Verb
Synonyms: overlay

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. lie upon; lie on top of“the granite overlies the older rocks”
  2. kill by lying on“The sow overlay her piglets”Synonyms: overlay
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

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