PRESIDING

Verb

presiding

present participle of preside

Adjective

presiding (not comparable)

Having authority over; vested with the authority to preside over.

Anagrams

• spidering

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*sid"ing,

Definition: a. & n. from Preside. Presiding elder. See under 2d Elder.

PRESIDE

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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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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