SUPERINTEND

superintend. Superintend, v.i. to oversee, to take the care

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Su′per‐in‐tend″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superintended; p. pr. & vb. n. Superintending.] [[L. superintendere. See Super-, and Intend.]] To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort. The king may appoint a council, who may superintend the works of this nature. Bacon. Syn. — Superintend, Supervise. These words in general use are the synonymous. As sometimes used, supervise implies the more general, and superintend, the more particular and constant, inspection or direction. Among architects there is a disposition to use the word supervise in the sense of a general oversight of the main points of construction with reference to the design, etc., and to employ the word superintend to signify a constant, careful attention to all the details of construction. But this technical distinction is not firmly established.