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superimpose

 verb
     
Related topics: Visual
su‧per‧im‧pose [transitive]
1AV to put one picture, image, or photograph on top of another so that both can be partly seen
superimpose something on/onto something
A photo of a cup of cappuccino had been superimposed on a picture of Venice.
2 to combine two systems, ideas, opinions etc so that one influences the other
superimpose something on/onto something
Eastern themes superimposed onto Western architecture
—superimposition noun [uncountable]
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