superpose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide
  2. verb place on top of
    lay over; superimpose.
    • can you superimpose the two images?

WordNet

Su`per*pose" transitive verb
Etymology
F. superposer. See Super-, and Pose.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Superposed ; present participle & verbal noun Superposing
Definitions
  1. To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another.
  2. (Geom.) To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another.

Webster 1913