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Webster 1913 Edition
Oversight
O′ver-sightˊ
,Noun.
1.
Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.
2.
An overlooking; an omission; an error.
Hooker.
3.
Escape from an overlooked peril.
[R.]
“His fool-happy oversight.” Spenser.
Syn. – Superintendence; supervision; inspection; overlooking; inadvertence; neglect; mistake; error; omission.
Webster 1828 Edition
Oversight
O'VERSIGHT
, n.1.
Superintendence; watchful care. 1Peter 5.2.
Mistake; an overlooking; omission; error.