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su·per·vise       [soo-per-vahyz] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -vised, -vis·ing.
to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
[Origin: 1580–90; < ML supervīsus (ptp. of supervidére to oversee), equiv. to super- super- + vid-, s. of vidére to see + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s; see vision, wit2]

—Synonyms manage, direct, control, guide.
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su·per·vise       (sōō'pər-vīz')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   su·per·vised, su·per·vis·ing, su·per·vis·es
To have the charge and direction of; superintend.


[Middle English *supervisen, from Medieval Latin supervidēre, supervīs- : Latin super-, super- + Latin vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: These verbs mean to have the direction and oversight of the performance of others: supervised a team of investigators; bossed a construction crew; overlooks farm hands; overseeing plumbers and electricians; superintend a household staff.

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supervise 
1588, "to look over," from M.L. supervisus, pp. of supervidere "oversee, inspect," from L. super "over" (see super-) + videre "see" (see vision). Meaning "to oversee and superintend the work or performance of others" is attested from c.1645; supervisor in this sense of "one who inspects and directs the work of others" is first recorded 1454.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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supervise

verb
1. watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" [syn: oversee] 
2. keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; "we are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the suspect's moves" [syn: monitor] 

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Supervise

Su`per*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supervised; p. pr. & vb. n. Supervising.] [Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. Survise, and Survey.]

1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.

2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] --Shak.

Syn: See Superintend.

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Supervise

Su`per*vise"\, n. Supervision; inspection. [Obs.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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