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superlie

superlie verb: to lie above.

Verb

superlie (third-person singular simple present superlies, present participle superlying, simple past superlay, past participle superlain)

  1. (dated, transitive) To lie above.
    • […] the soil of the river into which they have been sent, and which they enclose, is dredged or rather scooped out until the hard gravel which superlies the clay is reached […]1858, The civil engineer and architect's journal, Volume 21

Forms of superlie

third-person singular presentsuperlies
present participlesuperlying
pastsuperlay
past participlesuperlain

Origin of superlie

From super- + lie.

Questions about superlie

What does superlie mean?
Superlie means to lie above.
What part of speech is superlie?
Superlie is a verb.
What is the past tense of superlie?
The past tense of superlie is superlay.

Words near superlie in the dictionary

  1. superlevel
  2. superliberal
  3. superliberals
  4. superlibertarian
  5. superlibertarians
  6. superlie
  7. superlies
  8. superlight
  9. superlightning
  10. superlights
  11. superlightweight

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