SUPERINTEND', verb transitive [super and intend.] To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort. God exercises a superintending care over all his creatures.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.