About The Word Superintend
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Superintend
Superintend Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Superintend?
[v] watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Superintend: manage | oversee | supervise Related Terms | Find terms related to Superintend: See Also | administer | administrate | build Superintend In Webster's Dictionary \Su`per*in*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Superintended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superintending}.] [L.
superintendere. See {Super-}, and {Intend}.]
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}.
Usage: 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.
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