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O`ver*see" (?), v. t. [imp. Oversaw (?); p. p. Overseen (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing.] [AS. oferséon to survey, to despise. See Over, and See.]
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1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook{2}.
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2. To omit or neglect seeing; to overlook{5}. [archaic] Spenser.
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3. To see unintentionally or unexpectedly; -- the visual analogy to overhear.
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O`ver*see", v. i. To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.]
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The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller.
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Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. Walpole.
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