superimpose
verb
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Superimposition was one of the magical effects employed by early filmmakers. Using "mirror shots", with semitransparent mirrors set at 45° angles to the scene, they would superimpose shadowy images of ghosts or scenes from a character's past onto scenes from the present. Superimposing your own ideas on something, such as a historical event, has to be done carefully, since your ideas may change whenever you learn something new about the event.
Examples of superimpose in a Sentence
Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024
Florida Panthers select six players in NHL Draft Coach Paul Maurice, who was previously the NHL coach with the most games coached who had never won a title, took the stage, wearing a shirt that had his cats’ faces superimposed over the Panthers’ logo.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2024
Onto these four periods, DeLong superimposes waves of a wholly different nature: ideas.
—Liaquat Ahamed, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
The old tourist is essentially the boorish figure from the headlines—solipsistic, oriented toward the self, someone who superimposes their fantasies onto a place and then is outraged when their expectations aren’t met.
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 30 June 2024
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“Superimpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superimpose. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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