'Preside' definitions:
Definition of 'preside'
From: WordNet
verb
Act as president; "preside over companies and corporations"
Definition of 'Preside'
From: GCIDE
- Preside \Pre*side"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Presided; p. pr. & vb. n. Presiding.] [L. praesidere; prae before + sedere to sit: cf. F. pr['e]sider. See Sit.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exercise superintendence; to watch over. [1913 Webster]
- Some o'er the public magazines preside. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preside'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- administer,
- administer justice,
- administrate,
- be master,
- captain,
- carry on,
- chair,
- chairman,
- command,
- conduct,
- control,
- direct,
- discipline,
- do the honors,
- entertain,
- entertain guests,
- give a party,
- govern,
- guest,
- handle,
- head,
- head up,
- host,
- judge,
- keep,
- lead,
- manage,
- occupy the chair,
- officer,
- officiate,
- operate,
- ordain,
- oversee,
- preside over,
- regulate,
- rule,
- run,
- sit in judgment,
- stand over,
- supervise,
- throw a party,
- wield authority
Words containing 'Preside'
- Presided,
- Presidence,
- Presidencies,
- Presidency,
- President,
- Presider,
- Presiding,
- presidents,
- Lord president,
- Presiding elder,
- Vice presidency,
- Vice president,
- president adams,
- president arthur,
- president buchanan,
- president bush,
- president carter,
- president cleveland,
- president clinton,
- president coolidge,
- president eisenhower,
- president fillmore,
- president ford,
- president garfield,
- president grant,
- president harding,
- president harrison,
- president hayes,
- president hoover,
- president jefferson,
- president johnson,
- president kennedy,
- president lincoln,
- president madison,
- president mckinley,
- president monroe,
- president nixon,
- president pierce,
- president polk,
- president reagan,
- president roosevelt,
- president taft,
- president taylor,
- president truman,
- president tyler,
- president washington,
- president wilson,
- presidents' day,
- presiding officer,
- ex-president,
- executive office of the president,
- executive vice president,
- president abraham lincoln,
- president andrew johnson,
- president benjamin harrison,
- president franklin roosevelt,
- president john adams,
- president lyndon johnson,
- president of the united states,
- president theodore roosevelt,
- president van buren,
- senior vice president,
- united states president,
- vice-presidency,
- president george w. bush,
- president john f. kennedy,
- president john quincy adams,
- president william henry harrison,
- vice president of the united states