Definitions for: Officiate


[v] perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary"
[v] act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.

Synonyms: function

See Also: marry, perform, serve, splice, tie, wed

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