All 10 Uses of
preside
in
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
- The late Hon. Roger Wolcott, then Governor of Massachusetts, was the presiding officer, and on the platform with him were many other officials and hundreds of distinguished men.†
Chpt 15presiding = in charge (with highest authority); or heads; or chairs
- Bishop Lawrence presided.†
Chpt 16presided = chaired; or headed; or was in charge
- Senator Sewell presided at this meeting.†
Chpt 16
- The American Ambassador, General Horace Porter, presided at the banquet.†
Chpt 16
- Mr. Choate kindly consented to preside.†
Chpt 16preside = be in charge; or head; or chair
- These exercises were held in the Crystal Palace, and the presiding officer was the late Duke of Westminster, who was said to be, I believe, the richest man in England, if not in the world.†
Chpt 16presiding = in charge (with highest authority); or heads; or chairs
- At this concert the Hon. Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., the present governor of New York, presided.†
Chpt 16presided = chaired; or headed; or was in charge
- The Governor of the state, the Hon. George W. Atkinson, presided, and an address of welcome was made by ex-Governor MacCorkle.†
Chpt 16
- A similar reception was given me in New Orleans, which was presided over by the Mayor of the city.
Chpt 16 *presided = headed
- Not long after this the coloured people in Atlanta, Georgia, gave me a reception at which the Governor of the state presided, and a similar reception was given me in New Orleans, which was presided over by the Mayor of the city.†
Chpt 16presided = chaired; or headed; or was in charge
Definition:
to be in charge; or to head; or to be the chairperson -- especially of a formal meeting or ceremony