† superˈposit,v.Obs.rare. [f. L. superposit-, pa.ppl. stem of superpōnĕre: see super- III and posit v.] trans. To place above others; to exalt. 1661Feltham Resolves ii. xiv. (ed. 8) 207 Without it [sc. power], he were not God: 'tis that which distinguisheth and super-posits him above all.