superintend
verb/ˌsuːpəɹɪnˈtɛnd/
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin superintendō.
- borrowed from superintendō
Definitions
To oversee the work of others
To oversee the work of others; to supervise.
- Lady Marchmont had superintended her toilette, and it was the very triumph of exquisite taste; every thing about it seemed as fragile and delicate as herself.
- Herb Abbott, the foreman, who superintended the whole operation and filled in wherever he was needed.
To administer the affairs of something or someone.
The neighborhood
- neighborsuperintendence
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at superintend. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at superintend. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at superintend
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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