Superintend
[suːp(ə)rɪn'tend;sjuː-] or [,supərɪn'tɛnd]
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
Checker: Marty
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Supervise, oversee, overlook, direct, conduct, manage, control, administer, boss, have charge of, have the direction of, have the oversight of, preside over.
Typist: Sonia
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See REDUNDANT]
Editor: Nita
Definition
v.t. to have the oversight or charge of: to control manage.—v.i. to exercise supervision.—ns. Superinten′dence Superinten′dency oversight: direction: management.—adj. Superinten′dent superintending.—n. one who superintends: the head of a Sunday-school: in some Protestant churches a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district: overseer.—n. Superinten′dentship.
Edited by Jeanne
Examples
- There was no Adrian to superintend and direct, while whole flocks of the poor were struck and killed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- There should always be one steady head to superintend so many young ones. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He came over himself to superintend in person the defence of his right flank. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was no longer in Emma's power to superintend his happiness or quicken his measures. Jane Austen. Emma.
- After urging upon General Thomas the necessity of immediately assuming the offensive, I started West to superintend matters there in person. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But, although disabled from active work, Mr. Roebling continued to superintend the vast project through the constant mediation of his wife. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- All people of small or middling fortunes would be obliged to superintend themselves the employment of their own stocks. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Orders began to flow in, and Watt had his hands full in traveling about the country superintending the erection of his steam-engines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The Marquis of Steyne was present, paternally superintending the progress of his pupil. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She was still superintending the lading of the cart, when a gentleman entered the yard and approached her ere she was aware of his presence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Now, when he could spare the time from superintending the workmen and traveling over the country, he gave his thoughts to further inventive schemes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favour. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Half of Briggs's time at dinner was spent in superintending the invalid's comfort, and in cutting up chicken for her fat spaniel. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I did not parade with either party, but occasionally met with the wide awakes --Republicans--in their rooms, and superintended their drill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He won't be here this three-quarters of an hour or more,' said the young lady who superintended the domestic arrangements of the Blue Boar. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In it is a marble chair which Helena used to sit in while she superintended her workmen when they were digging and delving for the True Cross. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The men all turned out the morning after their enlistment, and I took charge, divided them into squads and superintended their drill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Paul superintended my repast, and almost forced upon me more than I could swallow. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The council, mindful of its social duties, superintended the filling of the municipal granaries, in order to have supplies in years of scarcity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the same year he superintended the gilding, by electro-plate, of the iron dome of the Cathedral of St. Isaac at St. Petersburgh, using 274 pounds of ducat gold. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Since her father's death, her home has been London, where a lady lives with her, and superintends her education. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Editor: Sweeney