All 4 Uses of
preside
in
Great Expectations
- Which side he was on I couldn't make out, for he seemed to me to be grinding the whole place in a mill; I only know that when I stole out on tiptoe, he was not on the side of the bench; for, he was making the legs of the old gentleman who presided, quite convulsive under the table, by his denunciations of his conduct as the representative of British law and justice in that chair that day.†
Chpt 24presided = chaired; or headed; or was in charge
- "Do you take tea, or coffee, Mr. Gargery?" asked Herbert, who always presided of a morning.†
Chpt 27 *
- Mr. Jaggers presided, Estella sat opposite to him, I faced my green and yellow friend.†
Chpt 29
- On a certain occasion when the Finches were assembled in force, and when good feeling was being promoted in the usual manner by nobody's agreeing with anybody else, the presiding Finch called the Grove to order, forasmuch as Mr. Drummle had not yet toasted a lady; which, according to the solemn constitution of the society, it was the brute's turn to do that day.†
Chpt 38presiding = in charge (with highest authority); or heads; or chairs
Definition:
to be in charge; or to head; or to be the chairperson -- especially of a formal meeting or ceremony