supervisor

[Eng. supervise (e); -or.] 1. One who supervises; an inspector, a superintendent. "A supervisor may signify an overseer of the poor, an inspector of the customs, a surveyor of the highways, a supervisor of the excise." -Watts : Logick . *2. One who looks; a spectator. "Would you, the supervisor, gro ly gape on?" Shakesp.: Othello, iii. 8. *3. One who reads over, as for correction. sū-per-vi-şõr-ý, a. [Eng. supervis (e); -ory.] Pertaining to, having, or exercising supervision. "The distribution of supervisory functions is a matter of detail."- Century Magazine , June, 1883, p. 308. *sû-per-vive', v . t . [Lat. super vivo , from super = above, over, and vivo =to live. Super vive and sur vive are doublets.] To live longer than; to survive; to outlive. "Upon what principle can the soul be imagined to be naturally mortal, or what revolutions in nature will it not be able to resist and super vive "-Clarke: Letter to Dodwell. sù-per-vo-lüte', a . [Prefix super- , and English volute (q. v.).] Bot. The term used when one edge of anything is rolled inward, and is enveloped by the opposite edge rolled in the reverse direction, as the leaves of the apricot. sù-per-vol-u-tive, adj. [Prefix super-; English volut (e), and suff. -ive.] Bot . (of estivation): Having the leaves supervolute (q. v.).