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Webster 1913 Edition
Oversee
Oˊver-see′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Oversaw
; p. p.
Overseen
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overseeing
.] 1.
To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook{2}.
2.
To omit or neglect seeing; to overlook{5}.
[archaic]
Spenser.
Oˊver-see′
,Verb.
I.
To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived.
[Obs.]
The most expert gamesters may sometimes
oversee
. Fuller.
Your partiality to me is much
overseen
, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. Walpole.
Webster 1828 Edition
Oversee
OVERSEE'
, v.t.1.
To superintend; to overlook, implying care.2.
To pass unheeded; to omit; to neglect. [Not used.]