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preside

verb
/pɹɪˈzaɪd/

Etymology

From Old French presider, from Latin praesidēre (“preside”), from pre- (“before”) + sedere (“to sit”). Displaced Old English foresittan, which might have been a calque of the Latin.

  1. derived from praesideo — “preside”
  2. derived from presider

Definitions

  1. To act as president or chairperson.

  2. To exercise authority or control.

    • When all this was sailed through, there still remained the toolroom—a most efficient department presided over by a quiet man who was an expert on astronomy as well as jigs, tools and fixtures.

  3. To be a featured solo performer.

    • I’ll preside at the organ.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at preside. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01preside02president03executive04business05enterprise06venture07sent08currency09facilitate

A definitional loop anchored at preside. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at preside

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA