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superimpose

verb
/ˈsuː.pəɹ.ɪmˌpəʊ̯z//ˈsuː.pɚ.ɪmˌpoʊ̯z/US/ˈsuː.pəɹ.ɪmˌpəʊ̯z/UK

Etymology

From super- + impose.

  1. derived from impositus — “established; put upon, imposed”
  2. derived from *h₂pó✻
  3. derived from impōnō — “to place or set (something) on; (figurative) to impose (a duty, tax, etc.)”
  4. derived from emposer
  5. derived from imposer
  6. inherited from imposen — “to place, set; to impose (a duty, etc.)”
  7. prefixed as superimpose — “super- + impose”

Definitions

  1. To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.

    • He superimposed the company logo over the image.
    • It involves superimposing broken English written in multi-coloured Comic Sans on to pictures of shiba inus, a small Japanese breed of dog known for its spirited stubbornness.

  2. To establish a structural system over, independently of underlying structures.

The neighborhood

Derived

resuperimposed, superimposability, superimposable, superimposer, unsuperimposed

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA