Pre*side" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Presided;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Presiding.]
[L.
praesidere; prae before +
sedere to sit: cf. F. présider. 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.
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