Definition of Superintending

1. Verb. (present participle of superintend) ¹

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Definition of Superintending

1. superintend [v] - See also: superintend

Lexicographical Neighbors of Superintending

superintellect
superintellects
superintellectual
superintelligence
superintelligences
superintelligent
superintend
superintendant
superintended
superintendence
superintendency
superintendent
superintendents
superintender
superintenders
superintending (current term)
superintending control
superintends
superintensity
superintensive
superinteresting
superinvariant
superinvariants
superion
superionic
superior
superior(p)
superior alveolar artery
superior auricular muscle
superior cerebellar artery

Literary usage of Superintending

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"CHAPTER XL superintending Indians.—The Storm El Norte.—Arrival of Don Simon. ... THE next day I resumed my occupation of superintending the Indians. ..."

2. Opinions of Eminent Lawyers, on Various Points of English Jurisprudence by George Chalmers (1814)
"... and several gentlemen, who were eminent for their knowledge of commerce, and of colonies, were appointed, with various powers, for superintending, ..."

3. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Alexis Caswell Angell (1890)
"Whatever may be the shades of religious belief, all must acknowledge the fitness of recognizing in important human affairs the superintending care and ..."

4. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative by Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1878)
"Whatever may be the shades *of [*471] religious belief, all must acknowledge the fitness of recognizing in important human affairs the superintending care ..."

5. Business Employments by Frederick James Allen (1916)
"CHAPTER VII superintending AND SELLING superintending and selling are so vitally ... This department includes all features of employment and superintending, ..."

6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"A Zollverein for the colonies of England is an absurdity. responsibility and expense of superintending their government, and defending them against hostile ..."

7. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... it would only result from his own neglect, in not properly superintending the discharge of his duty in his office, (a) The general doctrines of agency ..."

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