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officiate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Officiate  \Of*fi"ci*ate\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Officiated};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Officiating}.]  [LL.  officiare.  See  {Office}.] 
  To  act  as  an  officer  in  performing  a  duty;  to  transact  the 
  business  of  an  office  or  public  trust;  to  conduct  a  public 
  service.  --Bp.  Stillingfleet 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Officiate  \Of*fi"ci*ate\,  v.  t. 
  To  discharge,  perform,  or  supply,  as  an  official  duty  or 
  function.  [Obs.] 
 
  Merely  to  officiate  light  Round  this  opacous  earth. 
  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  officiate 
  v  1:  conduct  a  ceremony,  such  as  a  wedding;  "Who  officiated  at 
  your  wedding?" 
  2:  act  as  an  official  in  a  specific  function  [syn:  {function}] 
  3:  act  in  an  official  capacity  in  some  ceremony  or  ritual; 
  "officiate  at  a  wedding" 




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