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oversee
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Oversee \O`ver*see"\, v. t. [imp. Oversaw; p. p. Overseen; p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing.] [AS. ofers['e]on to survey, to despise. See Over, and See.] [1913 Webster] 1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook[2]. [1913 Webster] 2. To omit or neglect seeing; to overlook[5]. [archaic] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To see unintentionally or unexpectedly; -- the visual analogy to overhear. [PJC] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Oversee \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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