superimpose

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  1. transitive verb To lay or place (something) on or over something else.
  2. transitive verb To add as a distinct feature, element, or quality: superimposed her own interpretation when she retold the story.

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  • The posters for iPhone look-alikes invariably superimpose their product name on a screen shot of an actual iPhone, without bothering to change the cell signal in the upper left of the screen that reads "AT&T 3G." —  Forbes.com: News
  • Also, if this person also has the ability to edit (superimpose our domains and info) and promote youtube, metacafe, dailymotion, and other viral video resources to reach over 1 million hits, there will be at least 4 videos to post per month to promote our site. —  GetAFreelancer.com New Projects
  • In other words, software could superimpose / replace objects in the video feed, adding a little arcade action to the toy car. —  Jalopnik
  • What I would also like to do is superimpose the solar cycle data on top of the filtered data, and see what it looks like. —  RealClimate
  • It would also interesting to superimpose the PDO on it, what would show up. —  RealClimate
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  1. from super- + impose, after L. superimponere, past participle superimpositus, lay upon, from super, over, + imponere, lay upon: see impose.
 

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/sjupərɪmˈpoʊz/
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