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supervising


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supervise  \Su`per*vise"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Supervised};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Supervising}.]  [Pref.  super-  +  L.  visere  to 
  look  at  attentively,  to  view,  surely,  intens.  from  videre 
  visum,  to  see  Cf  {Survise},  and  {Survey}.] 
  1.  To  oversee  for  direction;  to  superintend;  to  inspect  with 
  authority;  as  to  supervise  the  construction  of  a  steam 
  engine,  or  the  printing  of  a  book. 
 
  2.  To  look  over  so  as  to  read;  to  peruse.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  See  {Superintend}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  supervising 
  n  :  management  by  overseeing  the  performance  or  operation  of  a 
  person  or  group  [syn:  {supervision},  {superintendence},  {oversight}] 




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