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Overlie
Oˊver-lie′
,Verb.
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 infantQuain.
A woman by negligence
overlieth
her child in her sleeping. Chaucer.
Definition 2024
overlie
overlie
English
Verb
overlie (third-person singular simple present overlies, present participle overlying, simple past overlay, past participle overlain)
References
- overlie in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- overlie in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913