to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
2.
to exercise management or control (usually followed by over):
The lawyer presided over the estate.
Origin
1605-15; < Latinpraesidēre to preside over, literally, sit in front of, equivalent to prae-pre- + -sidēre, combining form of sedēre to sit
Related forms
presider, noun
unpresiding, adjective
Examples from the web for preside
The new generation of deans will undoubtedly preside over dramatic changes.
When a chaplaincy dies, there is nobody to preside over the funeral.
Married couples preside over all but one of the homes.
Let our leaders be chosen, not by the composite of their gender, but by their readiness to preside over our great nation.
Hill asked a friend, a local judge and retired brigadier general, to preside at the ceremony.
But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside.
He has been raised to preside over things as a prince.
He would preside over the agricultural estate that stood as the cornerstone of all.
The odds that a communist regime can continue to preside over a capitalist economy indefinitely are rather slim.
To preside in the general, jurisdictional, central, and annual conferences.
British Dictionary definitions for preside
preside
/prɪˈzaɪd/
verb (intransitive)
1.
to sit in or hold a position of authority, as over a meeting
2.
to exercise authority; control
3.
to occupy a position as an instrumentalist: he presided at the organ
Derived Forms
presider, noun
Word Origin
C17: via French from Latin praesidēre to superintend, from prae before + sedēre to sit
Word Origin and History for preside
v.
1610s, from French présider "preside over, govern" (15c.), from Latin praesidere "stand guard; superintend," literally "sit in front of," from prae "before" (see pre-) + sedere "to sit" (see sedentary).