preside Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb act as president
    • preside over companies and corporations

WordNet

Pre*side" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. praesidere; prae before + sedere to sit: cf. F. présider. See Sit.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Presided; present participle & verbal noun Presiding
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913