superimpose

Verb

Meaning

To lay or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earth superimposed on another stratum.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

superpose lay over house hood crown surface cap coat clapboard supercharge cover layer add shield overlap
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Antonyms

see screen explain reveal expose disclose
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Hypernyms

place set position put lay pose

Hyponyms

develop

Derivatives

superimposed superimposing

Examples

In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent. Brian Ferneyhough

Nature is interested in only two things - to survive and to reproduce one like itself. Anything you superimpose on that, all the cultural input, is responsible for the boredom of man. U. G. Krishnamurti

True love means you love the real person, not an ideal that you have in your head and superimpose over them. That's illusion and lies to me. Laurell K. Hamilton

I've never been a member of a political party, but people will superimpose on you what they want. Brian Lamb

To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance. Paul Harris

can you superimpose the two images? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

superimposability superimposable superimposably superimposed superimposer superimposing