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overlie

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To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant.

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The sow overlay her piglets Source: Internet

the granite overlies the older rocks Source: Internet

Some other features of this kind are helmet streamers —large cap-like coronal structures with long pointed peaks that usually overlie sunspots and active regions. Source: Internet

For example, windows were only displayed "tiled" on the screen; that is, they could not overlap or overlie one another. Source: Internet

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