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su⋅per⋅pose

[soo-per-pohz]
–verb (used with object), -posed, -pos⋅ing.
1. to place above or upon something else, or one upon another.
2. Geometry. to place (one figure) in the space occupied by another, so that the two figures coincide throughout their whole extent.

Origin:
1815–25; < F superposer. See super-, pose 1


su⋅per⋅pos⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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su·per·pose   (sōō'pər-pōz')   
tr.v.   su·per·posed, su·per·pos·ing, su·per·pos·es
  1. To set or place (one thing) over or above something else.

  2. Mathematics To place (one geometric figure) over another so that all like parts coincide.


[Probably French superposer, back-formation from superposition, superposition, from Late Latin superpositiō, superpositiōn-, from Latin superpositus, past participle of superpōnere, to place over : super-, super- + pōnere, to place; see position.]
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