Superjacent Definition

so͝opər-jāsənt
adjective
Lying or resting above or upon.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Superjacent

  • Latin superiacēns superiacent- present participle of superiacēre to lie over super- super- iacēre to lie down yē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From (the stem of) Latin superjacÄ“ns, present participle of superjacÄ“re, from super- + jacÄ“re (“to lie").

    From Wiktionary

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