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oversee |
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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