preside

[ pri-zahyd ]

/ prɪˈzaɪd /

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verb (used without object), pre·sid·ed, pre·sid·ing.

to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.

to exercise management or control (usually followed by over): The lawyer presided over the estate.

Words nearby preside

preset, preset board, preshave, preshrink, preshrunk, preside, presidencia roque sáenz peña, presidency, president, president pro tempore, president-elect

Origin of preside

1605–15; < Latin praesidēre to preside over, literally, sit in front of, equivalent to prae- pre- + -sidēre, combining form of sedēre to sit¹

OTHER WORDS FROM preside

pre·sid·er, nounun·pre·sid·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for preside

Recall how Clinton returned to Arkansas from the campaign trail to preside over the execution of a mentally disabled man.
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The convention only gains legitimacy when Washington agrees to not only attend it, but preside over it.
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Héctor's older brothers Arturo and Alfredo were men with the right temperament to preside over a multinational crime syndicate.
Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali|Jason McGahan|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They are happy to preside over a system where unions are political organizations first and economic ones second.
The Conservative Case for Unions After the Harris v. Quinn Decision|James Poulos|July 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The village houses are done up in pale gray and mauve and preside over lawns so neat and green they look like carpeting.
The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town|E. Jean Carroll|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Let us begin by establishing well the method that must preside over these investigations.
Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good|Victor Cousin
The trifle sent comes from a higher source; and the august hand so dear to both of us, deigned to preside over the arrangement.
Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry|Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon
She made the tea and coffee morning and evening, and did every thing but preside at the table.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.|Various
Judge of our esteem for you by the preciousness of the body over which we are thus calling you to preside.'
The Letters of Cassiodorus|Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)
The director-general retained the right to preside at meetings.
The Colonization of North America|Herbert Eugene Bolton

British Dictionary definitions for preside

preside

/ (prɪˈzaɪd) /

verb (intr)

to sit in or hold a position of authority, as over a meeting

to exercise authority; control

to occupy a position as an instrumentalisthe presided at the organ

Derived forms of preside

presider, noun

Word Origin for preside

C17: via French from Latin praesidēre to superintend, from prae before + sedēre to sit

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preside

verb (used without object), pre·sid·ed, pre·sid·ing.

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