overlie

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“There’s something special about Seattle at this point and time,” said native John Overlie, aka Grynch.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2014

Overlie, ō-vėr-lī′, v.t. to lie above or upon: to smother by lying on.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various