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oversee
O.E.
oferseon
"to look down upon, keep watch over," from
ofer
"over" +
seon
"to see" (see
see
). Meaning "to supervise" is attested from mid-15c. The verb lacks the double sense of similar
overlook
(q.v.), but this emerges in the noun form
oversight
.