O`ver*see" (?), v. t. [imp. Oversaw (?); p. p. Overseen (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing.] [AS. ofers'eon 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.
© Webster 1913.
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.
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