PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as, 'He presided at the piccolo.' The Headliner, holding the copy in hand, Read with a solemn face: 'The music was very uncommonly grand -- The best that was every provided, For our townsman Brown presided At the organ with skil.

Ambrose Bierce