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Presider

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pre·side  (pr-zd)
intr.v. pre·sid·ed, pre·sid·ing, pre·sides
1. To hold the position of authority; act as chairperson or president.
2. To possess or exercise authority or control.
3. Music To be the featured instrumental performer: presided at the keyboard.
[French présider, from Old French, from Latin praesidre : prae-, pre- + sedre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
pre·sider n.
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