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su⋅per⋅vise

  [soo-per-vahyz]
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–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 supervidēre to oversee), equiv. to super- super- + vid-, s. of vidēre to see + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s; see vision, wit 2

Synonyms:
manage, direct, control, guide.
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su·per·vise   (sōō'pər-vīz')   
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

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.

Supervise

Su`per*vise"\, n. Supervision; inspection. [Obs.]
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Language Translation for : supervise
Spanish: supervisar, controlar,
German: beaufsichtegen,
Japanese: 監督する
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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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