Sū'per-vīse'1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. SUPERVISED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUPERVISING.] [Lat. super, over, and visere, to look at attentively, to view, survey, v. intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. SURVISE and SURVEY.]
Sense 1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect; as, to supervise the press for correction.
Sense 2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.]