superinducement (su"per ind us ment)

The act of superinducing; also, that which is superinduced. Bp. Wilkins, Nat. Religion, i. 12. superinduction (sū pėr-in-duk's hon), n. [ superinductio (n-), see superinduce.] The act of superinducing. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 6., Pref. super in duet (sūpėr-in-du'), r. [ due2.] To a ume; put on. A subtle body which the soul had before its terrene na tivity and which continues with it after death will, at last, super in due or put on immortality. Cudworth, Intellectual System, v. § iii. super inenarrable (sū-pèr-in-e-nar'a-bl), a. [ super intender In rection of, as of a school; direct the course and oversee the details of (some work, as the construction of a building, or movement, as of an army); regulate with authority; manage. See supervise. The king will appoint a... council who may super intend the works of this nature, and regulate what concerns the colonies. Bacon , Advice to Villiers. Of what importance it is, even to the formation of taste, that the manners should be severely superintended ! Goldsmith, Taste. Syn. To overlook, supervise, guide, regulate, control, conduct, administer. II.t in trans. To oversee; have charge or oversight; exercise superintendence. In like manner, they called both the child-bearing of women, and the godde es that superintend over the same, Eilithuia or Lucina. Cudworth, Intellectual System, p. 229. [ superintendence (sū OF. super intendance, also sur intendance, F. su rin tendance = Sp. Pg. super in ten den cia, An admirable indication of the divine superintendence and management. Derkan Syn. Supervision, direction, control, guidance, charge. management. superintendency (sū"pèr-in-ten'den-si), n. [As superintendence (see -cy).] 1. Same as super in tendence. Where the Theistical Belief is intire and perfect, there must be a stedy Opinion of the Superintendency of a su pre me Being. Shaftesbury , Inquiry, II. iii. § 3. 2. The office or the place of busine of a superintendent. Superintendency of Trade, Hong Kong, December 22, 1853.. Your excellency's most obedient humble servant. J. G. Bonham, The Americans in Japan, App., p. 339, superintendent (süper-in-ten'dent), a. and. [OF. super intendant, also sur intendant, F. 88 rintendant = Sp. Pg. superintendente, The superintendent deity, who hath many more under him. Stilling fleet A superintendent provincial organization. W. Wilson , State, § 471. II. n. 1. One who superintends, or has the oversight and charge of something with the power of direction: as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of customs or finance; a superintendent of police. Hence2. In certain Protestant churches, a clergyman exercising supervision over the church and clergy of a district, but not claiming episcopal authority; in the English Wesley an Church, an officer who has charge of a circuit, and presides as chief pastor in all circuit courts.-3. The commanding officer of various military or naval institutions, as the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and the United States Naval Academy at Anna polis, Maryland. -4. An officer who has charge of some specifie service: as, the superintendent of the recruiting service.=Syn. 1. Inspector, overseer, supervisor, manager, director, curator.