v. Obs. [f. med. or mod.L. suprāvīs-, pa. ppl. stem of suprāvidēre (in med.L. to reconnoitre), f. suprā SUPRA- 2 + vidēre to see.] trans. = SUPERVISE v. 2. Also absol.
1606. Holland, Sueton., 231. Surveying and supravising the publick works.
1618. S. Ward, Jethro’s Justice (1627), 7. If God supravise not, Samuell the Seer shall take seuen wrong before one right.
1640. in Carlyle, Misc. Ess. (1872), VII. 65. No man did supravise all the clerkes.
