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Definition
to be in charge; or to head; or to be the chairperson — especially of a formal meeting or ceremony
- "Silence!" ejaculated a voice; not that of Miss Miller, but one of the upper teachers, a little and dark personage, smartly dressed, but of somewhat morose aspect, who installed herself at the top of one table, while a more buxom lady presided at the other.Chapter 5 (44% in)
- What happy combination of the planets presided over her birth, I wonder?Chapter 31 (78% in)
There are no more uses of "preside" in Jane Eyre.
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