Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SU-PER-IN-TEND'
SU-PER-IN-TEL-LECT'U-ALSU-PER-IN-TEND'ED
SU-PER-IN-TEND', v.t. [super and intend.]
To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort. God exercises a superintending care over all his creatures.
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