supervise

Verb

supervise (third-person singular simple present supervises, present participle supervising, simple past and past participle supervised)

1. (transitive) To oversee or direct (a task or organization).
   • Without someone to supervise them, the group will lack direction.
   • Strong personal government is, I believe, the only form of government possible in Kashmir for many years to come, but it is difficult for the Maharajas to supervise the administration of the valley when they are away in their winter capital Jammu.1895, Sir Walter Roper Lawrence, The Valley of Kashmir, page 3
2. (intransitive) To oversee a task, organization, etc.; to provide supervision; to act as a supervisor.
   • Under the Medicare Benefits Schedule, doctors can’t claim payment from the government for a Covid-19 vaccination provided in their clinic by a nurse, unless a GP is on the premises to supervise.2022 August 1, Melissa Davey, “NSW town’s pop-up Covid vaccine clinic almost called off because of ‘ridiculous’ Medicare rule”, in The Guardian
3. (obsolete, transitive) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
   • Let me supervise the canzonet.1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, IV. ii. 120
   • If any Man for that reaſon has an Inclination to divert himſelf, and Sail with me round the Globe, to ſuperviſe almoſt all the Conditions of Humane Life, without being infected with the Vanities, and Vices that attend such a Whimſical Perambulation; let him follow me, who am going to Relate it in a...1700, Tom Brown, Amusements Serious and Comical, calculated for the Meridian of London, page 10