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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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Provost :: Provost (n.) A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches..

Archeus :: Archeus (n.) The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers.

Moderate :: Moderate (v. t.) To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod..

Palsgrave :: Palsgrave (n.) A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany..

President :: President (a.) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.

President :: President (n.) A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius.

Call :: Call (v. t.) To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen..

Artist :: Artist (n.) One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution.

Wraith :: Wraith (n.) Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith..

Elector :: Elector (n.) One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President..

Priory :: Priory (n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2..

Presidency :: Presidency (n.) The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency..

Levee :: Levee (n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee..

Erato :: Erato (n.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.

Senate :: Senate (n.) In some American colleges, a council of elected students, presided over by the president of the college, to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general concern affecting the students..

Camerlingo :: Camerlingo (n.) The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.

Prorector :: Prorector (n.) An officer who presides over the academic senate of a German university.

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..

Presiding :: Presiding () a. & n. from Preside.

Water God :: Water god () A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of water..