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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of superintend.

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Examples

  • General Bisson had superintended, which is equivalent to saying that nothing was wanting thereto.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

  • At midnight a splendid supper was served, the preparation of which General Bisson had superintended, which is equivalent to saying that nothing was wanting thereto.

    Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895

  • General Bisson had superintended, which is equivalent to saying that nothing was wanting thereto.

    Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Complete Louis Constant Wairy 1811

  • I whiled away the time by playing with Rubens under the table, Aunt Maria "superintended" the music in a way that must have made any less stolid performer nervous, and Leo was apt to try and distract Polly's attention by grimaces and pantomime of a far from respectful nature behind Aunt Maria's back.

    A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

  • Authorities alleged that Gulzar "superintended" the plot, traveling into the U.K. on a fraudulent South African passport to oversee the final preparations for the attack.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2008

  • Authorities alleged that Gulzar "superintended" the plot, traveling into the U.K. on a fraudulent South African passport to oversee the final preparations for the attack.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2008

  • Authorities alleged that Gulzar "superintended" the plot, traveling into the U.K. on a fraudulent South African passport to oversee the final preparations for the attack.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2008

  • Authorities alleged that Gulzar "superintended" the plot, traveling into the U.K. on a fraudulent South African passport to oversee the final preparations for the attack.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2008

  • Authorities alleged that Gulzar "superintended" the plot, traveling into the U.K. on a fraudulent South African passport to oversee the final preparations for the attack.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2008

  • Authorities alleged that Gulzar "superintended" the plot, traveling into the U.K. on a fraudulent South African passport to oversee the final preparations for the attack.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2008

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