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Pronunciation : Su`per*vise"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. Survise, and Survey.]
Definition : 1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.

2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. -- See Superintend.

t. [imp. & p. p. Supervised; p. pr. & vb. n. Supervising.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Su`per*vise"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Supervision; inspection. [Obs.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913