Associations to the word «Preside»

Wiktionary

PRESIDE, verb. (intransitive) To act as president or chairperson.
PRESIDE, verb. (intransitive) To exercise authority or control, oversit.
PRESIDE, verb. (intransitive) (music) To be a featured solo performer.

Dictionary definition

PRESIDE, verb. Act as president; "preside over companies and corporations".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats