OVERSEES

Verb

oversees

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oversee

Source: Wiktionary


OVERSEE

O`ver*see", v. t. [imp. Oversaw; p. p. Overseen; p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing.] Etym: [AS. oferséon to survey, to despise. See Over, and See.]

1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.

2. To omit or neglect seeing. Spenser.

O`ver*see", v. i.

Definition: To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.] The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller. Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. Walpole.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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