\Pre*side"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Presided}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Presiding}.] [L. praesidere; prae before + sedere to
sit: cf. F. pr['e]sider. See {Sit}.]
1. To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy
   the place of president, chairman, moderator, director,
   etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer;
   as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the
   senate.
2. To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
         Some o'er the public magazines preside. --Dryden.