Verb

(en verb)

To do something; to execute.

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To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.

* Shakespeare

Perform a part thou hast not done before.

Verb

(supervis)

To direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge

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(obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.

* 1590 , , IV. ii. 120:

Let me supervise the canzonet.