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SUPERINTEND
oversee, supervise, superintend, manage
(verb) watch and direct; “Who is overseeing this project?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
superintend (third-person singular simple present superintends, present participle superintending, simple past and past participle superintended)
To oversee the work of others; to supervise.
To administer the affairs of something or someone.
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Source: Wiktionary
Su`per*in*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superintended; p. pr. & vb. n. Superintending.] Etym: [L. superintendere. See Super-, and Intend.]
Definition: To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort. The king may appoint a council, who may superintend the works of this nature. Bacon.
Syn.
– Superintend, Supervise. These words in general use are the synonymous. As sometimes used, supervise implies the more general, and superintend, the more particular and constant, inspection or direction. Among architects there is a disposition to use the word supervise in the sense of a general oversight of the main points of construction with reference to the design, etc., and to employ the word superintend to signify a constant, careful attention to all the details of construction. But this technical distinction is not firmly established.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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