Category:Superintend

Su`per*in*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superintended; p. pr. & vb. n. Superintending.] Etym: [l. superintendere. See super-, and intend.]

Defn: to have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee With the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to Supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the Construction of a fort. The king may appoint a council, who may superintend the works of this Nature. Bacon.

Syn. -- superintend, supervise. These words in general use are the Synonymous. As sometimes used, supervise implies the more general, And superintend, the more particular and constant, inspection or Direction. Among architects there is a disposition to use the word Supervise in the sense of a general oversight of the main points of Construction with reference to the design, etc., and to employ the Word superintend to signify a constant, careful attention to all the Details of construction. But this technical distinction is not firmly Established.