overlie
verb (used with object)
to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
have overlain
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present perfectof overlie.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They are accretions which, by a very natural and intelligible process, have overlain the oldest and really fundamental ideas which lie at the root and origin of sacrifice.
From Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 by J. H. (Joseph Hugh) Beibitz
