[VN] (formal) to be in charge of sth and make sure that everything is working, being done, etc. as it should be
SYNSUPERVISE:
He superintended the building work.
superintendence noun [U]:
a team of volunteers under the superintendence of a trained nurse
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, superintend is tagged as verb.
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