Preshow
(Pre*show") v. t. To foreshow.
Preside
(Pre*side") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Presided; p. pr. & vb. n. Presiding.] [L. praesidere; prae
before + sedere to sit: cf. F. présider. See Sit.]
1. To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator,
director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside
over the senate.
2. To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
Some o'er the public magazines preside.
Dryden. Presidence
(Pres"i*dence) n. See Presidency. [Obs.]
Presidency
(Pres"i*den*cy) n.; pl. Presidencies [Cf. F. présidence.]
1. The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
2. The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.
3. The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison.
4. One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each
of which had a council of which its governor was president.
President
(Pres"i*dent) n. Precedent. [Obs.] Bacon.
President
(Pres"i*dent), a. Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
[R.]
His angels president
In every province.
Milton. President
(Pres"i*dent), n. [F. président, L. praesidens, -entis, p. pr. of praesidere. See Preside.]
1. One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body. Specifically:
(a) The chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like. (b) The chief executive
officer of the government in certain republics; as, the president of the United States.
