- overlie (v.)
[overlie 词源字典]
- late 12c., from over- + lie (v.2), or from an unrecorded Old English *oferlicgan. "In use from 12th to 16th c.; in 17-18th displaced by overlay; reintroduced in 19th c., chiefly in geological use." [OED]. Related: Overlay; overlain. [overlie etymology, overlie origin, 英语词源]