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Preside
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. i.) 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):
(v. i.) To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Preside'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/preside.html. 1828.