Hypertext Webster Gateway: "officiate"
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) 1.7 (wn)
officiate
v 1: act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious
ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your
wedding?"
2: perform duties attached to a particular office or place or
function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary"
[syn: {function}]
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