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Definition
to be in charge; or to head; or to be the chairperson — especially of a formal meeting or ceremony
- There was a dreadful orchestra, presided over by a young Hebrew who sat at a cracked piano, that nearly drove me away, but at last the drop-scene was drawn up, and the play began.Chapter 4 (38% in)
- It was tea-time, and the mellow light of the huge lace-covered lamp that stood on the table lit up the delicate china and hammered silver of the service at which the Duchess was presiding.Chapter 17 (4% in)
There are no more uses of "preside" in The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version.
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