Category:Officiate

Of*fi"ci*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Officiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Officiating.] Etym: [ll. officiare. See office.]

Defn: 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.

Officiate Of*fi"ci*ate, v. t.

Defn: to discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or Function. [obs.] Merely to officiate light round this opacous earth. Milton.