overlie Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb lie upon; lie on top of
    • the granite overlies the older rocks
  2. verb kill by lying on
    overlay.
    • The sow overlay her piglets

WordNet

O`ver*lie" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect Overlay ; past participle Overlain ; present participle & verbal noun Overlying
Definitions
  1. To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant. Quain.
    A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping. Chaucer.

Webster 1913