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Definition

to be in charge; or to head; or to be the chairperson — especially of a formal meeting or ceremony

She will preside over the meeting.

preside = be in charge

A similar reception was given me in New Orleans, which was presided over by the Mayor of the city.
Booker T. Washington -- Up From Slavery: An Autobiography

presided = headed

At a sign from the presiding judge, one of the court officers led her away,
Albert Camus -- The Stranger

presiding = in charge (with highest authority)

David's uncle, Halina Wind's brother, Rabbi Leon Wind, presided over the ceremony, and spoke eloquently, with reverence and power.
James McBride -- The Color of Water
Clara made breakfast as silently as she had presided over supper.
Larry McMurtry -- Lonesome Dove
Gabrielle returned with Mr. Sanders and Mr. Lehman, whom Luke recognized as the silver-haired gentleman who'd presided over the auction.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Longest Ride
He resigned the office of Deputy Mayor at the Free Fair that mid-summer, and dear old Will Whitfoot had another seven years of presiding at Banquets.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Return of the King
A supper-table, glittering with plate and cut glass, was set out, on whose arrangements our former friend, old Chloe, was presiding.
Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
My grandmother still lives in the same home in the Bronx, presiding as ever as the family matriarch.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore
Before being ousted by his cousin Mohammad Daud Khan, Shah had presided, from 1933 to 1973, over Afghanistan's most enduring modern period of peace.
Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin -- Three Cups of Tea
If it was up to me, I would elope to Vegas and have a fifty-dollar pirate-themed wedding with Elvis presiding.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Lost Souls
On Tuesday afternoon, Neal Beidleman presided over a memorial service at the Mountain Madness encampment.
Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
The king presided, solemn and irritable.
John Gardner -- Grendel
The second contains the lives of the first governors and chief magistrates who presided over the country.
Alexis de Toqueville -- Democracy In America, Volume 2
There'll be a presiding justice and a board of officers acting as the jury.
James Lincoln Collier -- My Brother Sam is Dead
The hall was so cold, the presiding officer announced that men could keep their hats on.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
In classic mythology, the sun god who presided over music, poetry, and art; he was the guardian and leader of the Muses.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
Patrick Henry -- Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
And have not the bank directors a meeting at which it was the Judge's purpose to be present, and his office to preside?
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables
All is purity and order in this once dreary room, for, fifteen years ago, it was entered by a new presiding spirit.
George Eliot -- Silas Marner

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