transitive. To lay on (literal and figurative): see to lay on at lay, v.1 phrasal verbs. Also intransitive.

transitive. To lay or place (something) over, above, or top of something else; to superimpose (one thing) on or upon another.

transitive. To place or set on or upon something; to lay on the top of something; to attach.

transitive. To cast, place, or throw (something) over, across, or above something else. Also figurative. Obsolete.

With inverse constr.: To fit (some equipment) to or upon. (Cf. 10b) Obsolete or archaic.

transitive. Usually with on, over, upon. To impose, place, or lay (something, now esp. an image) on, over, or on top of something else, typically…

transitive. = superpose, v. (in various senses).

transitive. To place above or on top of something else. Frequently in past participle: (of two or more things) occurring in a vertical series…