v. rare. [f. SUBTER- (1) + -pose, as in superpose, impose.] trans. To place underneath.
1894. Baring-Gould, Deserts S. France, I. 149. Their remains may be discovered at a lower level, though not subterposed.
So Subterposition, a placing below, position underneath.
1833. Lyell, Princ. Geol., III. 388. Subterposition in the plutonic, like superposition in the sedimentary rocks, being … characteristic of a newer age.
1851. Gladstone, Lett. to Manning, 26 Jan. It will bring about a great shifting of parts, much super- and much subter-position.
