PRESIDE

preside

(verb) act as president; “preside over companies and corporations”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

preside (third-person singular simple present presides, present participle presiding, simple past and past participle presided)

(intransitive) To act as president or chairperson.

(intransitive) To exercise authority or control, oversit.

(intransitive, music) To be a featured solo performer.

Anagrams

• Perseid, perseid

Source: Wiktionary

Pre*side", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Presided; p. pr. & vb. n. Presiding.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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