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preside

/pɹɪˈzaɪd/ verbe C2

En français : présider

  1. To act as president or chairperson. (intransitive)
  2. To exercise authority or control. (intransitive)
  3. To be a featured solo performer. (intransitive) · I’ll preside at the organ.

He/she/it presides · Prétérit presided · Participe passé presided · Forme en -ing presiding

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Dans la bibliothèque

His sisters were very anxious for his having an estate of his own; but though he was now established only as a tenant, Miss Bingley was by no means unwilling to preside at his table; nor was Mrs.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 16 · B2
About a year ago, she was taken from school, and an establishment formed for her in London; and last summer she went with the lady who presided over it to Ramsgate; and thither also went Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 234 · B2
Albert had himself presided at the arrangement, or, rather, the symmetrical derangement, which, after coffee, the guests at a breakfast of modern days love to contemplate through the vapor that escapes from their mouths, and ascends in long and fanciful wreaths to the ceiling.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 426 · C1
Danglars was engaged at that moment, presiding over a railroad committee.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 473 · C1

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