| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb
Etymology: Middle English overseen, from Old English ofersēon, from ofer, adverb, over + sēon to see
transitive verb
1. : to look down upon : survey , watch
from his second-floor window he oversees Parliament Hill — T.P.Whitney
2. dialect
a. : to fail to observe : neglect , disregard
b. : to deceive or delude (oneself) especially so as to err or blunder
3.
a. : to look over : inspect , examine
b. : superintend , supervise
oversee proofs
oversee workmen
4. : to see clandestinely or accidentally
overseeing … the intimate things of common life — John Grierson
intransitive verb
: to act as overseer : supervise