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overlies

overlies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overlie.

Meaning of overlie

Verb

overlie (third-person singular simple present overlies, present participle overlying, simple past overlay, past participle overlain)

  1. To lie over or upon
    • The new sediment layers overlie the older rock formations.
  2. (transitive) To suffocate by lying upon

Questions about overlies

What is overlies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overlies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overlie.

Words near overlies in the dictionary

  1. overlicking
  2. overlicks
  3. overlie
  4. overlier
  5. overliers
  6. overlies
  7. overlight
  8. overlighted
  9. overlighten
  10. overlightened
  11. overlightening

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overlies (page history and authors); overlie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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