Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Oversee \O`ver*see"\, v. i.
To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.]
The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee.
--Fuller.
Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me
fit to correct your Latin. --Walpole.
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}.]
1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see
after; to overlook.
2. To omit or neglect seeing. --Spenser.
Source : WordNet®
oversee
v : watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" [syn: {supervise},
{superintend}, {manage}]
[also: {overseen}, {oversaw}]