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Supervise

Supervise Meaning & Definition
Supervise Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Supervise?

[v] keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
[v] watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Supervise: manage | monitor | oversee | ride herd on | superintend

Related Terms | Find terms related to Supervise:

See Also | administer | administrate | build | observe | sleuth | snoop | spy | stag

Supervise In Webster's Dictionary

\Su`per*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supervised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supervising}.] [Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. {Survise}, and {Survey}.] 1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book. 2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: See {Superintend}.
\Su`per*vise"\, n. Supervision; inspection. [Obs.]

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