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Definition of Overlie
1. Verb. Lie upon; lie on top of. "The granite overlies the older rocks"
2. Verb. Kill by lying on. "The sow overlay her piglets"
Definition of Overlie
1. v. t. To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant.
Definition of Overlie
1. Verb. To lie over or upon ¹
2. Verb. To suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overlie
1. to lie over [v -LAY, -LAIN, -LYING, -LIES]
Medical Definition of Overlie
1. To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant. "A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping." (Chaucer) Origin: Overlay; Overlain; Overlying. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlie
Literary usage of Overlie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Subsequently it was found that strata contemporaneous with those of Bordeaux
overlie the Parisian formation in the valley of the Loire, and underlie the ..."
2. A new pronouncing dictionary of the Spanish and English languages by Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, Edward Gray, Juan L. Iribas (1902)
"overlie le"-v{r-lai'l, t>u. 1. Descansar 6 extenderse encima de 6 sobre.
Overleap lo-rfr-ltp'], va. ..."
3. The Rocks of Cape Colville Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand by William Johnson Sollas, Alexander McKay (1906)
"... no sense resembles the Pliocene or Post-pliocene rhyolites that overlie it,
and has never been confused therewith. On the contrary, this and the allied ..."
4. The Dynamical Theory of the Formation of the Earth by Archibald Tucker Ritchie (1850)
"The unconformable rocky masses which overlie the coal measures. Geological evidence
of their existence. Enquiry into their origin, as made known to us by ..."
5. Geology of Colorado Ore Deposits by Arthur Lakes (1888)
"Hence prospecting has yielded little in the upper Carboniferous grits that overlie
the productive limestone. An exception occurs, however, at Kokomo, ..."
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