Definition of superimpose
transitive verb
: to place or lay over or above something superimposed images
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Examples of superimpose in a Sentence
A triangle superimposed on an inverted triangle forms a six-pointed star.
Recent Examples of superimpose from the Web
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The accessory: a purse printed with a photo of the Obamas smiling and dancing, superimposed over a graphic of the White House.
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The accessory: a purse printed with a photo of the Obamas smiling and dancing, superimposed over a graphic of the White House.
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The alleged source of the animated GIF of Donald Trump beating down WWE Chief Executive Vince McMahon with a CNN logo superimposed on McMahon's face deleted many of his posts to Reddit.
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The 28-second video, adapted from a 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment event that Trump participated in, showed him taking down a man with CNN’s logo superimposed over the man’s face.
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Thus Han-------Solo's offering on Wednesday: A GIF of Trump pummeling Vince McMahon at a long-ago WrestleMania, with a CNN logo superimposed over McMahon's face.
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One t-shirt features a giant screenshot of one of Kylie's Instagram posts superimposed over a photo of Tupac.
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Unlike a traditional watermark that appears behind a page’s content, the above procedure will superimpose a watermark on top of a picture.
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Friendly troops, enemies, and mission objectives, for example, can show up as icons in the wearer's field of view, superimposed over their actual location.
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Did You Know?
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.
First Known Use of superimpose
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SUPERIMPOSE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of superimpose for English Language Learners
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: to place or lay (something) over something else
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