officiate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: officiate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for officiate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
officiate v act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?" perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary" Synonym(s): officiate, function
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Officiate \Offi"ciate\, 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 \Offi"ciate\, v. t. To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or function. [Obs.] Merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth. --Milton.