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English Dictionary: Supervise by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supervise
v
  1. watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" [syn: oversee, supervise, superintend, manage]
  2. keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; "we are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the suspect's moves"
    Synonym(s): monitor, supervise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supervise \Su`per*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supervised}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Supervising}.] [Pref. super- + L. visere to
      look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre,
      visum, to see. Cf. {Survise}, and {Survey}.]
      1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with
            authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam
            engine, or the printing of a book.
  
      2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      Syn: See {Superintend}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supervise \Su`per*vise"\, n.
      Supervision; inspection. [Obs.]
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