overseev.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈsiː/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈsi/

Inflections: Past tense oversaw; past participle overseen;

Forms: see over- prefix and see v.; also Middle English ouersich (3rd singular present indicative, transmission error), Middle English ouesihð (3rd singular present indicative, transmission error).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch oversien (Dutch overzien ), Old Saxon oƀarsehan (Middle Low German ȫversēn ), Old High German ubarsehan (Middle High German übersehen , German übersehen ) < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of see v. Compare overlook v.

I. To watch over, look over.

1. transitive. To look down upon; to look at from, or as if from, a higher position; to keep watch over, survey. Now somewhat archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > watch or observe

keepc1000

overseeOE

waitc1300

advisec1325

awaita1375

to wait on ——c1384

markc1400

contemplec1429

to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon)a1450

to look straitly to?c1450

to wait after ——c1460

vizy1488

contemplatea1533

vise1551

pry?1553

observe1567

eye1592

over-eye?1592

watch1600

outwatch1607

spell1633

superintend1654

under-watch1654

tent1721

evigilate1727

twig1764

stag1796

eye-serve1800

spy1806

deek1825

screw1905

clock1911

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look down upon

overseeOE

overlooka1400

overview1564

pretergress1615

supervise1624

OE Beowulf 419 Selfe ofersawon, ða ic of searwum cwom.

lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) iv. 10 Eala min Drihten, þu þe ealle gesceafta ofersihst.

a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) 75 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 165 Houene & horþe he ouer sich [read ouersith; v.rr. ouer-sihð, ouersieð, oue sihð].

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 30 [Þ]e niȝtingale hi iseȝ & hi bihold & ouerseȝ [a1300 Jesus Oxf. ouerseyh].

c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 995 God almiȝti, heuene kyng, He ouer seȝ [v.r. ouyr sethe; c1475 Egerton ouersese] alle þing.

a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 6514 (MED) Smite anoon shullen þei noght Til eiþer cheueteins haue ful þoght And be ful avised i-wis And eiþer ouere-se her enemys.

1559 D. Lindsay Dreme in Wks. (1931) I. 28 Quhen that I had ouersene this Regioun, The quhilk, of nature, is boith gude and fair.

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. E2 Such men..are duly watcht, and attentiuely ouerseene.

1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxxix. 142 When I consider..what horrid facts are committed every where by licentious and wicked men..I admire that the Fabrick of the earth is not continually palsyed by Earth quakes, since there is a Creator above that oversees such actions.

1793 W. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Iphigenia in Tauris iii. 65 Celestials..ye alone distinguish what behooves us, and oversee futurity's wide realms.

1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 49 As long as this awful structure shall oversee and guard the subjected land.

1858 M. F. Tupper Alfred ii. i. 22 It were easy for the birds To oversee their strength, but beyond hope For us that creep afoot.

1894 J. Davidson Romantic Farce iii. 106 Every morn a measured space Of weary world our gaunt eyes oversee.

1978 Audubon Sept. 112/2 Out front under the trees, overseen by whisky-jack jays, were beds of transplanted wildflowers.

1991 SunWorld Dec. 38/1 A print of Christ overseeing His flocks..from Victorian-era religious art.

a. transitive. To see to officially, as one in charge of work done by others; to supervise, superintend; to have overall responsibility for; to preside over. Cf. overlook v. 5.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > superintend

overseec1330

overwaitc1449

overlook1532

supervise1566

superintend1596

supravise1604

supervise1653

superinspect1675

intend1791

targe1814

oversight1885

overseer1892

honcho1957

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 4101 Ich ȝou sigge, Bohort & Ban..sendeþ hom al ȝour man, Ȝour lond to loke and ouersen, Bot it swiþe fewe ben.

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. vii. 105 At heiȝ prime peris let þe plouȝ stande To ouersen [v.rr. ouerse, ouersey, ouerseȝe, ouerseon; c1400 C text And ouer-seyh] hem hymself; whoso best wrouȝte Shulde ben hirid þereaftir.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 416 And aboue..alle patriarkis is oon pope forto ouerse and reule and amende the goueruauncis of patriarkis.

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 22 §6 Any persone assigned to comptroll and oversee theym in their werking.

1590 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) I. 338 The magistratis..to ouersye the executioun of the said act.

1596 H. Clapham Briefe of Bible i. 67 Othoniel was chosen Iudge, who oversawe them for 40 yeares.

1638 T. Nabbes Covent Garden v. iii. 64 Lady. Pray daughter oversee the servants.

1665 T. H. Exact Surv. Affaires Netherlands 25 The four Bishops..were unable to oversee effectually the 17 large Provinces of Belgium.

1735 T. Sheridan Let. to Swift 16 July in J. Swift Wks. (1768) XIII. 102 Can I oversee my workmen and a school too?

1779 H. Downman Lucius Junius Brutus i. iv. 19 'Tis hers with care to oversee his family, And govern with sure reins of government.

1832 E. C. Wines Two Years & Half in Navy I. 35 He oversees the serving out of grog and provisions.

1843 N. Hawthorne Little Daffydowndilly in Tales (1871) II. 155 He..is overseeing the carpenters.

1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxxi. 351 Nobody has much of a chance to go wrong in Avonlea with Rachel to oversee them.

1995 Marketing 6 Apr. 1/5 Brent..will oversee the group's move away from fresh foods back to its roots as a frozen-food retailer.

b. intransitive. To act as overseer or supervisor; to assume an official position of authority or responsibility.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > be in control [verb (intransitive)] > superintend

overseea1425

superintend1883

a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 29 (MED) Saynt Steuyn was..chosen..Als a souerayne, to ouer-se, And oþer vnder him forto be.

1425 Ordinances Whittington's Alms-house (modernized text) in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) IV. 354 The office and charge of him shal be..the husbandry of the same house, in as much as he may goodly oversee.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV Introd. f. viii^v Being an euil sheperd or herdeman, before time dyd not plie, kepe and diligently ouerse.

1639 H. Spelman tr. Responsio Abbatis Bangor in Concilia in Re Eccl. 109 The Bishop of Kaerleon upon Vske, who is to oversee under God over us.

1798 W. Hutton Life 34 But I, who had no land near, no team to assist, or servants that could oversee, was obliged to hire all the work.

1951 E. Bowen Shelbourne iv. 88 With impassioned energy she kept a check on the catering, scanned the account and reception books, oversaw with the staff.

1995 Church Times 22 Sept. 8/2 The National council which we propose could prepare, co-ordinate and oversee.

†c. transitive. With clause as object: to see to it (that something be done); ensure that. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or heed [verb (intransitive)] > take care > take care that something be done

foreseec900

witea1000

seec1300

awaitc1400

waitc1400

wakea1425

overseea1470

to see to ——1474

wardc1475

regard1535

to wait on ——1596

attend1612

examine1683

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1097 Hit woll be youre worshyp that ye overse that she be entered worshypfully.

1569 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 327 The Baillies..shall..oversee that every man shall kepe his stynt of beastes.

1697 View Penal Laws 202 Power to search all Oyls..and to oversee that the same be not mixed.

a. transitive. To look over or through; to examine the various parts of, inspect; to scrutinize (text) in order to criticize or correct it. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > correction > correct [verb (transitive)]

oversee1348

correctc1374

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] > look through, examine

oversee1348

searcha1387

laita1400

overlooka1400

to look overc1400

to run through ——c1449

oversearch1532

overview1549

tumble1597

coursea1616

perquest1892

1348 in C. Welch Hist. Pewterers of London (1902) I. 3 (MED) It be ordeined that iij or iiij moste trew & cunnyng of the crafte be chosen to ouersee the alayes and werkes aforsaide.

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vii. 106 Perkyn lette þe plouȝ stonde While þat he ouer-seȝe him-self ho þat best wrouhte.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 328 (MED) That þis worth soth, seke ȝe þat oft ouer-se þe bible.

1462 W. Barker in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 277 Aduertyse myn lady..that she do no thyng to that lyflode ner non other in Norffolk with-ought advyse of theym that have vysyted and overseen theym.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos Prol. 1 I wrote a leef or tweyne, whyche I ouersawe agayn to corecte it.

1528 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xiv. 249 [Committee] appoynted to pervse and oversee suche Bookes of Actes & ordynaunces as heretofore were given.

a1584 T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (1975) 10 Therfore trust not to oon reding or tweyne, But xx. tymes it wolde be ouer-sayne.

1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epistle (1843) 4 John Cant. ouersawe euery proofe.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 61 The Legate..fearing to be poisoned, appointed his Brother to over-see all food for his own eating.

1693 in Rothesay Town Council Rec. (1935) II. 486 Adam Stewart to be [sic] oversie the booke and know what is therin.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xi. 139 The Bishops once a Year to oversee the Profiting of the parishes.

1895 W. Morris in P. B. Shelley Poet. Wks. III. 421 Overseen by F. S. Ellis after the text of foregoing Editions, & printed by me, William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press.

†b. transitive. To consider, reflect on; to assess mentally. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)]

i-thenchec897

showeOE

i-mune971

thinkOE

overthinkOE

takec1175

umbethinkc1175

waltc1200

bethinkc1220

wend?c1225

weighc1380

delivera1382

peisea1382

considerc1385

musec1390

to look over ——a1393

advise?c1400

debatec1400

roll?c1400

revert?a1425

advertc1425

deliberc1425

movec1425

musec1425

revolvec1425

contemplec1429

overseec1440

to think overc1440

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to eat inc1450

involvec1470

ponderate?a1475

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to turn over1568

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theorize1599

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agitate1629

spell1633

study1659

designa1676

introspect1683

troll1685

balance1692

to figure on or upon1837

reflect1862

mull1873

to mull over1874

scour1882

mill1905

c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 82 Do noo þinge, seiþ he, but þat þi witte hath ouerseen a-fore.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 340 As y commytte to the discrecioun of wise men for to it ouerse and iuge.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 149 So alle thing well ouerseen hit is better to the that thou retourne vnto thy cite.

†4. transitive. To cast the evil eye on, to bewitch; = overlook v. 7. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] > put an evil spell on > bewitch with evil eye

overlook1579

eye-bite1584

fascinate1591

forelook1596

oversee1641

blink1880

1641 W. Hooke New Englands Teares 7 When any are bewitched, it is a phrase of speech among many to say, they are over-seene, i.e. lookt upon with a malicious eye.

5. transitive. To catch sight of, glimpse; to observe secretly, spy on. Cf. overhear v. 3. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > succeed in seeing or catch sight of

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descryc1330

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discernc1405

discover1553

scan1558

scry1558

decern1559

describe1574

to make out1575

escry1581

interview1587

display1590

to set sight of (in)c1595

sight1602

discreevec1650

glance1656

to catch a glimpse of1679

steal1731

oversee1735

glimpse1779

twig1796

to clap eyes on1838

spot1848

sky1900

1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant v. ii. 74 Away! We shall be overseen, and then I shall hate you for ever.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. ii. 11 Fanny, not suspicious of being overseen by Adams, gave a loose to her passion.

1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee II. vii. 65 When he was morally certain nobody was up, nor overhearing, nor overseeing him, there did I notice him..stopping in the antichamber.

1862 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables (1877) i. li. 24 A moment after he blew out his light, for..he fancied he might be overseen.

1892 A. Conan Doyle Adventure of Beryl Coronet in Strand Mag. May 524/2 A man had waited outside the window, someone had brought the gems; the deed had been overseen by your son.

1999 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Nov. 24 The Israelis want to keep their spy installation on Mount Hermon, which allows them to oversee and overhear almost everything that goes on in Syria.

†II. To neglect to see.

6. transitive. To fail to notice, overlook; to disregard, pass over, ignore, neglect. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > overlook inadvertently

overseeOE

overlook1459

overscape1534

forget1538

overhale1571

to look beside1627

miss1666

underlook1802

OE Wulfstan Homily: Larspell (Corpus Cambr. 421) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 270 Ðencan þa nu..þæt hig god oferseoð.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 223 And gar me mony falt ourse That now is brayd befoir myn e.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) (Coverdale) Prol. Thynke y^t..it is happlye ouersene of y^e interpreters.

1573 J. Davidson in C. Rogers Three Sc. Reformers (1874) 72 It is better till haue part Weill stakit into euerie airt Nor till haue all spilt and ouirsene.

1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. ii. i. §2. 239 Many things he cannot see, and many things he may oversee.

1654 J. Nicoll Diary (1836) 132 Onlie my Lord Hoptoun a Scott and very fyne judicious man wes oversene.

1700 W. Congreve Way of World ii. i. 20 'Twas for my ease to oversee and wilfully neglect the gross advances made him by my Wife.

1729 C. Coffey Beggar's Wedding iii. iv. 57 Passion signifies nothing here, what's past we graciously oversee.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 200 Adding numbers of remarks over-seen by him.

1847 J. P. Lawson Bk. Perth 179 Which fault the Ministers and Elders oversea at present, in hopes of amendment.

7. transitive (reflexive). To fail to perceive what is fitting or right for one to do; to forget oneself, go too far, act unbecomingly or imprudently; to make a mistake misjudgement, or blunder. Also intransitive. Cf. overseen adj. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (reflexive)]

misadvisec1395

overseec1400

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > err, blunder [verb (reflexive)]

overseec1400

overshoot1514

misreckon1530

blundera1652

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. 378 (MED) I haue..ouer-seye [v.r. ouerseyen; C ouer-sopede] me at my sopere and some tyme at nones.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 255/1 Luther..dothe so madly ouersee himselfe, that he discloseth vnware certayne folies of him selfe.

1563 J. Davidson Answer to Tractiue Kennedy in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) I. 249 That he hes oversene himself in the expositione of this terme ‘us’.

1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith iv. iii. v. §2 Who notwithstanding mightily oversee in prognosticating of a joyful harvest by this gladsome or forward spring.

1617 in A. I. Ritchie Churches St. Baldred (1880) 166 Confessit they had overseine themselfis and done amiss in not coming to the kirk at that Tyme.

1639 J. Mayne Citye Match iv. iii Aur. Sir, please you, partake Of a slight banquet?.. Plot...Be sure you do not oversee.

1671 I. Barrow Duty & Reward of Bounty 134 Immoderate selfishness so blindeth us, that we oversee and forget our selves.

†III. To see excessively.

8. transitive. To see too strongly or too vividly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [verb (intransitive)] > see too vividly

overseea1600

a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride (1612) 14 It then maketh them cease to be prowd, when it causeth them to see their errour in overseeing the thing they were prowd of.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 47 We had so grovelled in darkness that we oversaw the light.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oversee
释义	overseev. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈsiː/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈsi/ Inflections: Past tense oversaw; past participle overseen; Forms: see over- prefix and see v.; also Middle English ouersich (3rd singular present indicative, transmission error), Middle English ouesihð (3rd singular present indicative, transmission error). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch oversien (Dutch overzien ), Old Saxon oƀarsehan (Middle Low German ȫversēn ), Old High German ubarsehan (Middle High German übersehen , German übersehen ) < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of see v. Compare overlook v. I. To watch over, look over. 1. transitive. To look down upon; to look at from, or as if from, a higher position; to keep watch over, survey. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > watch or observe keepc1000 overseeOE waitc1300 advisec1325 awaita1375 to wait on ——c1384 markc1400 contemplec1429 to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon)a1450 to look straitly to?c1450 to wait after ——c1460 vizy1488 contemplatea1533 vise1551 pry?1553 observe1567 eye1592 over-eye?1592 watch1600 outwatch1607 spell1633 superintend1654 under-watch1654 tent1721 evigilate1727 twig1764 stag1796 eye-serve1800 spy1806 deek1825 screw1905 clock1911 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look down upon overseeOE overlooka1400 overview1564 pretergress1615 supervise1624 OE Beowulf 419 Selfe ofersawon, ða ic of searwum cwom. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) iv. 10 Eala min Drihten, þu þe ealle gesceafta ofersihst. a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) 75 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 165 Houene & horþe he ouer sich [read ouersith; v.rr. ouer-sihð, ouersieð, oue sihð]. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 30 [Þ]e niȝtingale hi iseȝ & hi bihold & ouerseȝ [a1300 Jesus Oxf. ouerseyh]. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 995 God almiȝti, heuene kyng, He ouer seȝ [v.r. ouyr sethe; c1475 Egerton ouersese] alle þing. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 6514 (MED) Smite anoon shullen þei noght Til eiþer cheueteins haue ful þoght And be ful avised i-wis And eiþer ouere-se her enemys. 1559 D. Lindsay Dreme in Wks. (1931) I. 28 Quhen that I had ouersene this Regioun, The quhilk, of nature, is boith gude and fair. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. E2 Such men..are duly watcht, and attentiuely ouerseene. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxxix. 142 When I consider..what horrid facts are committed every where by licentious and wicked men..I admire that the Fabrick of the earth is not continually palsyed by Earth quakes, since there is a Creator above that oversees such actions. 1793 W. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Iphigenia in Tauris iii. 65 Celestials..ye alone distinguish what behooves us, and oversee futurity's wide realms. 1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 49 As long as this awful structure shall oversee and guard the subjected land. 1858 M. F. Tupper Alfred ii. i. 22 It were easy for the birds To oversee their strength, but beyond hope For us that creep afoot. 1894 J. Davidson Romantic Farce iii. 106 Every morn a measured space Of weary world our gaunt eyes oversee. 1978 Audubon Sept. 112/2 Out front under the trees, overseen by whisky-jack jays, were beds of transplanted wildflowers. 1991 SunWorld Dec. 38/1 A print of Christ overseeing His flocks..from Victorian-era religious art. 2. a. transitive. To see to officially, as one in charge of work done by others; to supervise, superintend; to have overall responsibility for; to preside over. Cf. overlook v. 5. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > superintend overseec1330 overwaitc1449 overlook1532 supervise1566 superintend1596 supravise1604 supervise1653 superinspect1675 intend1791 targe1814 oversight1885 overseer1892 honcho1957 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 4101 Ich ȝou sigge, Bohort & Ban..sendeþ hom al ȝour man, Ȝour lond to loke and ouersen, Bot it swiþe fewe ben. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. vii. 105 At heiȝ prime peris let þe plouȝ stande To ouersen [v.rr. ouerse, ouersey, ouerseȝe, ouerseon; c1400 C text And ouer-seyh] hem hymself; whoso best wrouȝte Shulde ben hirid þereaftir. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 416 And aboue..alle patriarkis is oon pope forto ouerse and reule and amende the goueruauncis of patriarkis. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 22 §6 Any persone assigned to comptroll and oversee theym in their werking. 1590 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) I. 338 The magistratis..to ouersye the executioun of the said act. 1596 H. Clapham Briefe of Bible i. 67 Othoniel was chosen Iudge, who oversawe them for 40 yeares. 1638 T. Nabbes Covent Garden v. iii. 64 Lady. Pray daughter oversee the servants. 1665 T. H. Exact Surv. Affaires Netherlands 25 The four Bishops..were unable to oversee effectually the 17 large Provinces of Belgium. 1735 T. Sheridan Let. to Swift 16 July in J. Swift Wks. (1768) XIII. 102 Can I oversee my workmen and a school too? 1779 H. Downman Lucius Junius Brutus i. iv. 19 'Tis hers with care to oversee his family, And govern with sure reins of government. 1832 E. C. Wines Two Years & Half in Navy I. 35 He oversees the serving out of grog and provisions. 1843 N. Hawthorne Little Daffydowndilly in Tales (1871) II. 155 He..is overseeing the carpenters. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxxi. 351 Nobody has much of a chance to go wrong in Avonlea with Rachel to oversee them. 1995 Marketing 6 Apr. 1/5 Brent..will oversee the group's move away from fresh foods back to its roots as a frozen-food retailer. b. intransitive. To act as overseer or supervisor; to assume an official position of authority or responsibility. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > be in control [verb (intransitive)] > superintend overseea1425 superintend1883 a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 29 (MED) Saynt Steuyn was..chosen..Als a souerayne, to ouer-se, And oþer vnder him forto be. 1425 Ordinances Whittington's Alms-house (modernized text) in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) IV. 354 The office and charge of him shal be..the husbandry of the same house, in as much as he may goodly oversee. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV Introd. f. viii^v Being an euil sheperd or herdeman, before time dyd not plie, kepe and diligently ouerse. 1639 H. Spelman tr. Responsio Abbatis Bangor in Concilia in Re Eccl. 109 The Bishop of Kaerleon upon Vske, who is to oversee under God over us. 1798 W. Hutton Life 34 But I, who had no land near, no team to assist, or servants that could oversee, was obliged to hire all the work. 1951 E. Bowen Shelbourne iv. 88 With impassioned energy she kept a check on the catering, scanned the account and reception books, oversaw with the staff. 1995 Church Times 22 Sept. 8/2 The National council which we propose could prepare, co-ordinate and oversee. †c. transitive. With clause as object: to see to it (that something be done); ensure that. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or heed [verb (intransitive)] > take care > take care that something be done foreseec900 witea1000 seec1300 awaitc1400 waitc1400 wakea1425 overseea1470 to see to ——1474 wardc1475 regard1535 to wait on ——1596 attend1612 examine1683 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1097 Hit woll be youre worshyp that ye overse that she be entered worshypfully. 1569 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 327 The Baillies..shall..oversee that every man shall kepe his stynt of beastes. 1697 View Penal Laws 202 Power to search all Oyls..and to oversee that the same be not mixed. 3. a. transitive. To look over or through; to examine the various parts of, inspect; to scrutinize (text) in order to criticize or correct it. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > correction > correct [verb (transitive)] oversee1348 correctc1374 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] > look through, examine oversee1348 searcha1387 laita1400 overlooka1400 to look overc1400 to run through ——c1449 oversearch1532 overview1549 tumble1597 coursea1616 perquest1892 1348 in C. Welch Hist. Pewterers of London (1902) I. 3 (MED) It be ordeined that iij or iiij moste trew & cunnyng of the crafte be chosen to ouersee the alayes and werkes aforsaide. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vii. 106 Perkyn lette þe plouȝ stonde While þat he ouer-seȝe him-self ho þat best wrouhte. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 328 (MED) That þis worth soth, seke ȝe þat oft ouer-se þe bible. 1462 W. Barker in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 277 Aduertyse myn lady..that she do no thyng to that lyflode ner non other in Norffolk with-ought advyse of theym that have vysyted and overseen theym. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos Prol. 1 I wrote a leef or tweyne, whyche I ouersawe agayn to corecte it. 1528 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xiv. 249 [Committee] appoynted to pervse and oversee suche Bookes of Actes & ordynaunces as heretofore were given. a1584 T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (1975) 10 Therfore trust not to oon reding or tweyne, But xx. tymes it wolde be ouer-sayne. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epistle (1843) 4 John Cant. ouersawe euery proofe. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 61 The Legate..fearing to be poisoned, appointed his Brother to over-see all food for his own eating. 1693 in Rothesay Town Council Rec. (1935) II. 486 Adam Stewart to be [sic] oversie the booke and know what is therin. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xi. 139 The Bishops once a Year to oversee the Profiting of the parishes. 1895 W. Morris in P. B. Shelley Poet. Wks. III. 421 Overseen by F. S. Ellis after the text of foregoing Editions, & printed by me, William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press. †b. transitive. To consider, reflect on; to assess mentally. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 showeOE i-mune971 thinkOE overthinkOE takec1175 umbethinkc1175 waltc1200 bethinkc1220 wend?c1225 weighc1380 delivera1382 peisea1382 considerc1385 musec1390 to look over ——a1393 advise?c1400 debatec1400 roll?c1400 revert?a1425 advertc1425 deliberc1425 movec1425 musec1425 revolvec1425 contemplec1429 overseec1440 to think overc1440 perpend1447 roil1447 pondera1450 to eat inc1450 involvec1470 ponderate?a1475 reputec1475 counterpoise1477 poisea1483 traversec1487 umbecast1487 digest1488 undercast1489 overhalec1500 rumble1519 volve?1520 compassa1522 recount1526 trutinate1528 cast1530 expend1531 ruminate1533 concoct1534 contemplate1538 deliberate1540 revolute1553 chawa1558 to turn over1568 cud1569 cogitate1570 huik1570 chew1579 meditatec1580 discourse1581 speculate1599 theorize1599 scance1603 verse1614 pensitate1623 agitate1629 spell1633 view1637 study1659 designa1676 introspect1683 troll1685 balance1692 to figure on or upon1837 reflect1862 mull1873 to mull over1874 scour1882 mill1905 c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 82 Do noo þinge, seiþ he, but þat þi witte hath ouerseen a-fore. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 340 As y commytte to the discrecioun of wise men for to it ouerse and iuge. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 149 So alle thing well ouerseen hit is better to the that thou retourne vnto thy cite. †4. transitive. To cast the evil eye on, to bewitch; = overlook v. 7. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] > put an evil spell on > bewitch with evil eye overlook1579 eye-bite1584 fascinate1591 forelook1596 oversee1641 blink1880 1641 W. Hooke New Englands Teares 7 When any are bewitched, it is a phrase of speech among many to say, they are over-seene, i.e. lookt upon with a malicious eye. 5. transitive. To catch sight of, glimpse; to observe secretly, spy on. Cf. overhear v. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > succeed in seeing or catch sight of underyetec1000 aspya1250 kenc1275 ofyetec1275 choosea1300 akenc1300 descrivec1300 ofkenc1300 readc1300 espyc1320 descryc1330 spyc1380 discernc1405 discover1553 scan1558 scry1558 decern1559 describe1574 to make out1575 escry1581 interview1587 display1590 to set sight of (in)c1595 sight1602 discreevec1650 glance1656 to catch a glimpse of1679 steal1731 oversee1735 glimpse1779 twig1796 to clap eyes on1838 spot1848 sky1900 1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant v. ii. 74 Away! We shall be overseen, and then I shall hate you for ever. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. ii. 11 Fanny, not suspicious of being overseen by Adams, gave a loose to her passion. View more context for this quotation 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee II. vii. 65 When he was morally certain nobody was up, nor overhearing, nor overseeing him, there did I notice him..stopping in the antichamber. 1862 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables (1877) i. li. 24 A moment after he blew out his light, for..he fancied he might be overseen. 1892 A. Conan Doyle Adventure of Beryl Coronet in Strand Mag. May 524/2 A man had waited outside the window, someone had brought the gems; the deed had been overseen by your son. 1999 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Nov. 24 The Israelis want to keep their spy installation on Mount Hermon, which allows them to oversee and overhear almost everything that goes on in Syria. †II. To neglect to see. 6. transitive. To fail to notice, overlook; to disregard, pass over, ignore, neglect. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > overlook inadvertently overseeOE overlook1459 overscape1534 forget1538 overhale1571 to look beside1627 miss1666 underlook1802 OE Wulfstan Homily: Larspell (Corpus Cambr. 421) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 270 Ðencan þa nu..þæt hig god oferseoð. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 223 And gar me mony falt ourse That now is brayd befoir myn e. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) (Coverdale) Prol. Thynke y^t..it is happlye ouersene of y^e interpreters. 1573 J. Davidson in C. Rogers Three Sc. Reformers (1874) 72 It is better till haue part Weill stakit into euerie airt Nor till haue all spilt and ouirsene. 1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. ii. i. §2. 239 Many things he cannot see, and many things he may oversee. 1654 J. Nicoll Diary (1836) 132 Onlie my Lord Hoptoun a Scott and very fyne judicious man wes oversene. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World ii. i. 20 'Twas for my ease to oversee and wilfully neglect the gross advances made him by my Wife. 1729 C. Coffey Beggar's Wedding iii. iv. 57 Passion signifies nothing here, what's past we graciously oversee. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 200 Adding numbers of remarks over-seen by him. 1847 J. P. Lawson Bk. Perth 179 Which fault the Ministers and Elders oversea at present, in hopes of amendment. 7. transitive (reflexive). To fail to perceive what is fitting or right for one to do; to forget oneself, go too far, act unbecomingly or imprudently; to make a mistake misjudgement, or blunder. Also intransitive. Cf. overseen adj. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (reflexive)] misadvisec1395 overseec1400 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > err, blunder [verb (reflexive)] overseec1400 overshoot1514 misreckon1530 blundera1652 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. 378 (MED) I haue..ouer-seye [v.r. ouerseyen; C ouer-sopede] me at my sopere and some tyme at nones. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 255/1 Luther..dothe so madly ouersee himselfe, that he discloseth vnware certayne folies of him selfe. 1563 J. Davidson Answer to Tractiue Kennedy in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) I. 249 That he hes oversene himself in the expositione of this terme ‘us’. 1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith iv. iii. v. §2 Who notwithstanding mightily oversee in prognosticating of a joyful harvest by this gladsome or forward spring. 1617 in A. I. Ritchie Churches St. Baldred (1880) 166 Confessit they had overseine themselfis and done amiss in not coming to the kirk at that Tyme. 1639 J. Mayne Citye Match iv. iii Aur. Sir, please you, partake Of a slight banquet?.. Plot...Be sure you do not oversee. 1671 I. Barrow Duty & Reward of Bounty 134 Immoderate selfishness so blindeth us, that we oversee and forget our selves. †III. To see excessively. 8. transitive. To see too strongly or too vividly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [verb (intransitive)] > see too vividly overseea1600 a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride (1612) 14 It then maketh them cease to be prowd, when it causeth them to see their errour in overseeing the thing they were prowd of. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 47 We had so grovelled in darkness that we oversaw the light. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.OE
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