superintend

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I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do.

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watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"

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verb

watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for superintend.

verb

watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"

Example sentences

I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do.

I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do. It is my energetic nature.

Knox's letter seems clear to me that he was complaining about theft by the bakers.> and often times more, as they put as great a proportion of water as they please, there being no person whose duty it is to superintend them

These bakers receive the flour from the soldiers and return them a pound of bread for a pound of flour, by which means the bakers make a neat profit to themselves of 30 per cent in flour; and often times more, as they put as great a proportion of water as they please, there being no person whose duty it is to superintend them.