superimpose
verb
su·per·im·pose
ˌsü-pər-im-ˈpōz 
superimposed; superimposing; superimposes
: to place or lay over or above something
superimposed images
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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
A triangle superimposed on an inverted triangle forms a six-pointed star.
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And then John Stapleton, the art director, just played with the photo session and superimposed the beach and stuff in the background.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
That spring, Juda Engelmayer, the Weinstein publicist who has represented OneTaste since 2018, wrote a number of opinion pieces for The Frank Report, a website run by Frank Parlato; one included a picture of Judge Gujarati and an image of the Department of Justice seal superimposed with a swastika.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Just as left and right hands cannot be superimposed on each other, so, too, does biological matter function in this way.
—Liyam Chitayat, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
The retro pop-culture references only add to the surreality, as does Hawley’s love of superimposing one image over another.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
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Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
That spring, Juda Engelmayer, the Weinstein publicist who has represented OneTaste since 2018, wrote a number of opinion pieces for The Frank Report, a website run by Frank Parlato; one included a picture of Judge Gujarati and an image of the Department of Justice seal superimposed with a swastika.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Just as left and right hands cannot be superimposed on each other, so, too, does biological matter function in this way.
—Liyam Chitayat, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
The retro pop-culture references only add to the surreality, as does Hawley’s love of superimposing one image over another.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for superimpose
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“Superimpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superimpose. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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