Category:Oversee

O`ver*see", v. t. [imp. Oversaw; p. p. Overseen; p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing.] Etym: [as. oferséon 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.

Oversee O`ver*see", v. i.

Defn: 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.