Category:Preside

Pre*side", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Presided; p. pr. & vb. n. Presiding.] Etym: [l. praesidere; prae before + sedere to sit: cf. F. présider. 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.