superimpose

To superimpose is to put something over something else.

(verb)

An example of superimpose is when you put a watermark or copyright mark over the top of a picture but the picture underneath is still visible.

See superimpose in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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See superimpose in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb su·per·im·posed, su·per·im·pos·ing, su·per·im·pos·es

To lay or place (something) on or over something else.
To add as a distinct feature, element, or quality: superimposed her own interpretation when she retold the story.

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