v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Supervised p. pr. & vb. n. Supervising. ] [ Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. Survise, and Survey. ] 1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
[amnūaykān] (v) EN: direct ; manage ; administer ; be president ; be managing director ; give orders ; superviseFR: diriger ; administrer ; présider ; gérer ; manager
When the eighth army needed Jap civilians to help them out in our occupation they called on native doctors to administer DDT under the supervision of our men to stand a potential typhus epidemic.