Presiding
[prɪ'zaɪdɪŋ] or [prɪ'zaɪd]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preside
(-) a. & n. from Preside.
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Examples
- You think of him as a good counsellor, as an excellent presiding officer. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Every one now sat down, Mr. Bulstrode presiding, pale and self-restrained as usual. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A supper-table, glittering with plate and cut glass, was set out, on whose arrangements our former friend, old Chloe, was presiding. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It served its purpose; never made any money; and I had the unpleasant task of presiding at its obsequies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And such a presiding genius will be always required in our State if the government is to laSt. Yes, he will be absolutely necessary. Plato. The Republic.
- He who mingles them in harmonious concord is the true musician,--he shall be the presiding genius of our State. Plato. The Republic.
- Laws, vice-president and actual presiding officer of the Gold Exchange, devised and introduced what was popularly known as the gold indicator. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- No questions seem to have been allowed, but private individuals might address the gathering with the permission of the presiding magistrate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Zat Arras himself sat in the golden chair of the presiding magistrate. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Miss Bates said a great deal; Mrs. Elton swelled at the idea of Miss Woodhouse's presiding; Mr. Knightley's answer was the most distinct. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He produced from his coat pockets a long and narrow strip of parchment, on which the presiding functionary impressed an illegible black stamp. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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