officiate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding
    • Who officiated at your wedding?
  2. verb perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function
    function.
    • His wife officiated as his private secretary

WordNet

Of*fi"ci*ate intransitive verb
Etymology
LL. officiare. See Office.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Officiated ; present participle & verbal noun Officiating
Definitions
  1. 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 transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or function. Obs.
    Merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth. Milton.

Webster 1913