Definition of preside

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Preside (v. i.) To exercise superintendence; to watch over.

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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..
Erato :: Erato (n.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
Moderator :: Moderator (n.) The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes..
Penates :: Penates (n. pl.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.
President :: President (a.) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
Presidency :: Presidency (n.) One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president..
Faculty :: Faculty (n.) The body of person to whom are intrusted the government and instruction of a college or university, or of one of its departments; the president, professors, and tutors in a college..
Moderate :: Moderate (v. i.) To preside as a moderator.
Incapable :: Incapable (a.) Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the government..
Federalist :: Federalist (n.) An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington..
Prytany :: Prytany (n.) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.
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..
Remove :: Remove (v. t.) To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters..
Croupier :: Croupier (n.) One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.
Prorector :: Prorector (n.) An officer who presides over the academic senate of a German university.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean..
Diana :: Diana (n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis..
President :: President (n.) The chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like..
Artist :: Artist (n.) One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution.
Inaugurate :: Inaugurate (v. t.) To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king..
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