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preside

pre·side

UK/pɹɪˈzaɪd/ US/priˈzaɪd/ uncommon

verb

1.

act as president

  • “preside over companies and corporations”

Origin

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.

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