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De - Pt| English Dictionary: presiding | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Presiding \Pre*sid"ing\, a. & n. from {Preside}. {Presiding elder}. See under 2d {Elder}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Preside \Pre*side"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Presided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Presiding}.] [L. praesidere; prae before + sedere to sit: cf. F. pr[82]sider. See {Sit}.] 1. To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate. 2. To exercise superintendence; to watch over. Some o'er the public magazines preside. --Dryden. | |
