Meanings
verbsuperlie (third-person singular simple present superlies, present participle superlying, simple past superlay, past participle superlain)
present singular third person superlies · participle present superlying · past superlay · participle past superlain
- datedtransitiveTo 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
Origin
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superlie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superlie.
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