foresit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To take precedence or superiority over; to preside over.

Word forms

foresit foresits foresitting foresat

Etymology

From fore- (“before”) + sit, sometimes as a calque of Latin praesideō or Old English foresittan.

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