(~s, superimposing, ~d)
1.
If one image is ~d on another, it is put on top of it so that you can see the second image through it.
His picture was ~d on a muscular body...
You can ~ the lettering directly onto one of your pictures.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed on/over n, V n onto n
2.
If features or characteristics from one situation are ~d onto or on another, they are transferred onto or used in the second situation, though they may not fit.
Patterns of public administration and government are ~d on traditional societies.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed on n