tr.v. su·per·vised, su·per·vis·ing, su·per·vis·es To manage and direct; be in charge of: supervises twenty employees; supervised the construction of the new kitchen. [Middle English *supervisen, from Medieval Latin supervidēre, supervīs- : Latin super-, super- + Latin vidēre, to see; see weid- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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