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Webster 1913 Edition


Superjacent

Suˊper-ja′cent

,
Adj.
[L.
superjacens
, p. pr. of
superjacere
;
super
above +
jacere
to lie.]
Situated immediately above;
as,
superjacent
rocks
.

Definition 2024


superjacent

superjacent

English

Adjective

superjacent (not comparable)

  1. Positioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying. [from 16th c.]
    • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 171:
      Pemulis, Troeltsch, and Schacht's triple-room is subdorm B in the back north part of the second floor of West House and so superjacent to the Dining Hall […].

Antonyms


Latin

Verb

superjacent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of superjaceō