?a1475 G. Banester Guiscardo & Ghismonda (BL Add.) l. 369 in H. G. Wright Tales from Decameron (1937) 22 (MED) I felyng my selff yonge and lusty, In my iolyte thys yonge man lofyng, Nat withoute cause, nor grete supervysinge [v.r. superuysyng], Concentyd nor accordyt to my wyll Off my hert.

1634 R. Powell Life of Alfred 148 We..may glory in his Majesties assiduous and vigilant supervising of his military munition and provision both by Sea and Land.

1655 tr. A. Semedo Hist. China vi. 35 Every one hath the liberty to print what he pleaseth, without the Supervising, Censure, or Licence, of any one.

1717 J. Hughes tr. Suetonius Lives XII. Cæsars I. 10 The Nobles took care that the new Consuls shou'd be employed upon Things which were of very little Importance, as the Supervising of Forests.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 188 Who shall have the supervising..of all the physicians.

1816 T. H. B. Oldfield Representative Hist. Great Brit. & Ireland V. 440 As the only duty of the riding officers in this district was to support the interest of the patron at an election, the supervising of them did not require any great vigilance.

1880 Hist. Polk County, Iowa 868 Having under his supervising all of the work except carpentering, stone-cutting and brick-laying.

1921 Rep. Comm. Child Welfare (State Connecticut) I. 12 The Commissioners seldom make an investigation of the homes or do any of the supervising of children after they are placed out.

1964 V. H. Jensen Hiring of Dock Workers iii. 39 The proposed division was charged with..the licensing and supervising of all stevedoring companies.

2000 D. Adebayo My Once upon Time (2001) iii. 31 The supervising of dinner being prepared for the big boys.

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. N2^v Other superuising espialls, to plye followe and spurre forwarde those suborning incensers.

1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah xxi. 442 There is required of them a superuising care, and diligent respect, that their people should do well.

1688 Animadversions upon Declar. in Prince of Orange his Declar. 24 Parliaments, it seems, must exercise no freedom, but according to the pleasure of a supervising Foreign Sword.

1777 Remembrancer 4 1/1 To correct these abuses, and to prevent the repetition of them, it was thought adviseable to send to India a new supervising commission.

1782 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 V. 114 He said, there ought to be one general inspecting and supervising officer, to see that the duty of all the Boards was done.

1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 77 The responsibility of the local administration to the two supervising authorities.

1871 Figure Training 110 The foot..requiring almost as much supervising care as the figure.

1925 Bull. National Res. Council 10 37 In lieu of class attendance.., the student may, at the option of his supervising professor, meet the latter in frequent conferences.

1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 322/1 Children were well fed but were psychologically disturbed by frequent harsh criticism by supervising women.

2007 C. Everton Black Farce & Cue Ball Wizard x. 135 A supervising doctor..noticed a sound less consistent with urine being passed into a bottle than it being poured from one into another.