preside

Significado

1. To act as president or chairperson.
2. To exercise authority or control.
3. To be a featured solo performer.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɹɪˈzaɪd/

Etimologia

From Old French presider, from Latin praesidēre (“preside”), from pre- (“before”) + sedere (“to sit”). Displaced Old English foresittan, which might have been a calque of the Latin.