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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
superimpose . - adjective Positioned on or above something else, especially in
layers - adjective geology
layered orstratified
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective with one layer on top of another
- adjective placed on or over something else
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Examples
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The design of the patch with the U.S. eagle image superimposed is designed to display a hierarchy in which the U.S. 5th Army exerts its military command under the authority of USNORTHCOM, with its domain defined as all North America, including the U.S.,
Gallup: R+4 on the Generic Congressional Ballot. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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The combination of his work and mine together, overlapping, superimposed, is brilliant.
Archive 2004-12-01 Sharon Bakar 2004
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The combination of his work and mine together, overlapping, superimposed, is brilliant.
My Artist Dreams Sharon Bakar 2004
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He was looking very thoughtful indeed and the expression superimposed upon the thoughtfulness could hardly be described as pleasant.
The Way to Dusty Death MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1973
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—burned into, I tell you, were all the signs and symbols of the gray caps. cut the nabby refs I cannot use the word superimposed because this might convey some ethereal, unreal sensibility to what was a concrete, super-reality.
Flushing Out Shriek: An Afterword–Notes, Fragments, Research, Alternate Scenes 2009
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The title is superimposed upon an image of a red wax seal.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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The title is superimposed upon an image of a red wax seal.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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The title is superimposed upon an image of a red wax seal.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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This is a weird one: the film begins in progress, with reconstructed video titles superimposed over the first dialogue scene.
Archive 2006-11-19 2006
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This is a weird one: the film begins in progress, with reconstructed video titles superimposed over the first dialogue scene.
By The Gods! 2006
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