The Collaborative International Dictionary
Supervise \Su`per*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supervised; p. pr. & vb. n. Supervising.] [Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. Survise, and Survey.]
To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.
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To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.]
--Shak.Syn: See Superintend.
Wiktionary
Done under supervision; watched. v
(past participle of supervise English)
WordNet
adj. under observation or under the direction of a superintendent or overseer; "supervised play" [ant: unsupervised]
Usage examples of "supervised".
She noticed that Kenjo generally oversaw the Eujisan’s refueling and supervised its fifty-hour checks.
Young Thek, especially, have to be closely supervised or they'll strip a planet!
On one of their supervised "foragings," the children had spotted a shy, hip-high, brown-furred beast in the ferny peat bogs.
Students in their last two years supervised each table, insisting on perfect etiquette from the rockheads.
Their spokesman, 'Tenant Varhes, supervised the enlisted mess, she recalled.
McNulty supervised Dorotea's removal while Rhyssa and Johnny spoke to the others who had come in answer to the psychic summons.
So she raced around the corner to find the rear doors folded back on a scene of much industry as men and women supervised the bottling of a brew from an obviously improvised vat.
Elder Torkes has already initiated the most thorough investigation of this terrible outrage and personally supervised your security here on Angel Island.
But, for official visits, she managed to assume the appearance of debility so that her convalescence had to be supervised by Nahia and Hauness, skilled medical practitioners that they were.
Trag supervised her meals, immersed her in radiant fluid whenever such facilities were available, and remained by her side during her wakeful hours.
Then he walked back and forth, the gravity not affecting him one iota, Kris noticed enviously, as he supervised the unloading.
The weyrlings, supervised by old C'gan, were forming outside their barracks.
Wansor, naturally, supervised this project until he was so in the Smith's way that the good man sat his Craftmaster on the edge of the promontory, near the trees, where he had a full view of all the activities but was no longer in his way.
Aivas had supervised its installation and lighting up during his first Turn in charge of the Red Star Project.
They believed that God supervised their lives and marked it in their favor when they were kind to servants.