superintend Definition
su·per·in·tend (-in tend′)
superintend Related Forms
su′·per·in·tend′·ence noun or su′·per·in·tend′·ency
superintend Synonyms
superintend Usage Examples
Object
- work: He superintended the works, collected debts and fines, and submitted an account of his administration to the general assembly.
- rank: All members of the superintending ranks are members of the Association.
- arrangement: M r D. O. Hill 5 R.S.A. will superintend the artistic arrangement of the sitters.
- execution: He also engages to direct and superintend the execution, making himself personally responsible, and giving his labor gratis.
- process: The Holy Spirit superintended the process from beginning to end.
- constable: The superintending constable came under the exclusive directions of the local justices and was paid out of the county rates.
Modifying Another Word
- personally: Eliot himself contributed financially and personally superintended the whole enterprise, despite being then in his eighties.
- also: It should also superintend the management of records produced by Assembly Sponsored Public Bodies.
- occasionally: Autumn 1791 Neath Canal Appointed General Surveyor to superintend occasionally the Works ' at a daily salary.
- carefully: With this view, the people, even in their ordinary amusements, are watched and carefully superintended.
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