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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Preside \Pre*side"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Presided}; p. pr &
vb n. {Presiding}.] [L. praesidere prae before + sedere to
sit: cf F. pr['e]sider. 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
preside
v 1: of meetings [syn: {chair}]
2: act as president: "preside over companies and corporations"
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable
result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as "He
presided at the piccolo."
The Headliner, holding the copy in hand,
Read with a solemn face:
"The music was very uncommonly grand --
The best that was every provided,
For our townsman Brown presided
At the organ with skill and grace."
The Headliner discontinued to read,
And spread the paper down
On the desk, he dashed in at the top of the screed:
"Great playing by President Brown."
Orpheus Bowen
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