Definition of preside

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Preside (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..

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Genius :: Genius (n.) A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee..
Moderate :: Moderate (v. i.) To preside as a moderator.
Vice :: Vice (prep.) Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc..
Erative :: Erative (a.) Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry.
Exalt :: Exalt (v. t.) To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency..
President :: President (n.) Precedent.
Tithingman :: Tithingman (n.) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.
Palsgrave :: Palsgrave (n.) A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany..
Presidencies :: Presidencies (pl. ) of Presidenc.
Presider :: Presider (n.) One who presides.
Surrogate :: Surrogate (n.) In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates..
Presidentship :: Presidentship (n.) The office and dignity of president; presidency.
Moderate :: Moderate (v. t.) To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod..
Speaker :: Speaker (n.) One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives..
Artist :: Artist (n.) One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution.
President :: President (a.) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
Penates :: Penates (n. pl.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.
Terpsichore :: Terpsichore (n.) The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter..
Telugu :: Telugu (n.) A Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali.
Landamman :: Landamman (n.) The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.
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