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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To exercise superintendence; to watch over. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. act as president Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 1. 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. 2. To exercise superintendence; to watch over. Some o'er the public magazines preside. Dryden. Source: webster

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