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preside
Part of speech: VerbTo direct or control; act as head; to direct the proceedings of a meeting.
Part of speech: NounPresider.
Usage examples "preside":- She couldn't make speeches, nor write papers for the missionary society, nor preside over its meetings. - "Quiet Talks on Service", S. D. Gordon.
- His Royal Highness, on taking the chair, said:- " My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen,- Before opening the proceedings of this meeting, allow me to express to you the satisfaction I have in being able to accept the invitation to preside at a meeting to- day which has for its aim such excellent and important objects. - "Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888", Edward VII.
- One or two friends of mine who preside in the Temple of Chance yonder. - "The Firing Line", Robert W. Chambers.