Verb
To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons and property of the rest, yet quite unfit to direct our opinions, or to superintend our private habits. Thomas Babington Macaulay
That the gods superintend all the affairs of men, and that there are such beings as dæmons. Diogenes Laërtius
Who is overseeing this project? Source: Internet
According to Franklin's autobiography, it was in 1743 when he first had the idea to establish an academy, "thinking the Rev. Richard Peters a fit person to superintend such an institution." Source: Internet
Consequently in 1538 Coverdale was sent to Paris by Cromwell to superintend the printing of the planned " Great Bible ". Source: Internet
In case of an emergency in the condition of a particular road, men of influence and liberality were appointed, or voluntarily acted, as curatores or temporary commissioners to superintend the work of repair. Source: Internet