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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oversee  \O`ver*see"\,  v.  i. 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oversee  \O`ver*see"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Oversaw};  p.  p.  {Overseen}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Overseeing}.]  [AS.  ofers['e]on  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oversee 
  v  :  watch  and  direct;  "Who  is  overseeing  this  project?"  [syn:  {supervise}, 
  {superintend},  {manage}] 




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