Sū'per-pōse', v. t.

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v. t. [imp. & p. p. SUPERPOSED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUPERPOSING.] [Fr. superposer, Lat. superponere, superpositum, from super, over, and ponere, positum, to place.] To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another.