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.
Preside(v. i.) To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
Presided(imp. & p. p.) of Preside
Presidence(n.) See Presidency.
Presidencies(pl. ) of Presidency
Presidency(n.) The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
Presidency(n.) The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.
Presidency(n.) The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison.
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.
President(a.) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
President(n.) One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body.
President(n.) The chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like.
President(n.) The chief executive officer of the government in certain republics; as, the president of the United States.
President(n.) A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius.
President(n.) Precedent.
Presider(n.) One who presides.
Presiding() a. & n. from Preside.
Presiding(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preside
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