Preside

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preside \Pre*side"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Presided}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Presiding}.] [L. praesidere; prae before + sedere to
     sit: cf. F. pr['e]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.
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     2. To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Some o'er the public magazines preside. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  preside
       v : act as president; "preside over companies and corporations"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "preside":
     administer, administer justice, administrate, be master, captain,
     carry on, chair, chairman, command, conduct, control, direct,
     discipline, do the honors, entertain, entertain guests,
     give a party, govern, guest, handle, head, head up, host, judge,
     keep, lead, manage, occupy the chair, officer, officiate, operate,
     ordain, oversee, preside over, regulate, rule, run,
     sit in judgment, stand over, supervise, throw a party,
     wield authority
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  PRESIDE, v.  To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable
  result.  In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as, "He
  presided at the piccolo."
  
      The Headliner, holding the copy in hand,
          Read with a solemn face:
      "The music was very uncommonly grand --
              The best that was every provided,
              For our townsman Brown presided
          At the organ with skill and grace."
      The Headliner discontinued to read,
          And, spread the paper down
      On the desk, he dashed in at the top of the screed:
          "Great playing by President Brown."
                                                           Orpheus Bowen