Ō/ver-see'1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. OVERSAW; p. p. OVERSEEN; p. pr. & vb. n. OVERSEEING.]
- To inspect so as to direct and control; to superintend; to overlook.
- To pass unheeded; to omit; to neglect; to overpass. [Rare.] Hudibras.
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Oversee
Ō/ver-see′2, v. i.
v. i. 1. To see too far; to overreach one's self; to overshoot the mark. [Obs.] The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller. 2. To be blinded or mistaken. [Obs.] Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. H. Walpole.