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Webster 1913 Edition
Officiate
Of-fi′ci-ate
,Verb.
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 ceremony or service.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
Of-fi′ci-ate
,Verb.
T.
To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or function.
[Obs.]
Merely to
Round this opacous earth.
officiate
lightRound this opacous earth.
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Officiate
OFFI'CIATE
, v.t.1.
To act as an officer in his office; to transact the appropriate business of an office or public trust. At this court the chief justice officiated.The bishops and priests officiate at the altar.
2.
To perform the appropriate official duties of another.OFFI'CIATE
,Verb.
T.
The stars officiate light. [Improper.]