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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1508, 1649
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Superintend, v. [e.m.E. superintend (c1615), eccl. L. superintendere.] a. intr. To act as supervisor or overseer (til an activity). b. tr. To supervise, exercise control over. —a. 1508 Reg. Cupar A. I 275.
Patrick Bell … sal superintend til our fischin of Campsy, and warne ws lawtefully quhen he knawis any falt with the fissaris —b. 1649 Elgin Rec. II 436.
The master or doctor to superintend ther play and in ther necessar absence the generall censor
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