GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 2 definitions

1.       
   Oversee (?), v. t. [imp. Oversaw (?); p. p. Overseen (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing.] [AS. oferséon to survey, to despise. See Over, and See.]
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook2.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   2. To omit or neglect seeing; to overlook5. [archaic]  Spenser.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   3. To see unintentionally or unexpectedly; -- the visual analogy to overhear.
   
   [PJC]
   
   
         
       

2.       
   Oversee, v. i. To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.]
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. Walpole.
   
   [1913 Webster]