Associations to the word «Officiate»

Wiktionary

OFFICIATE, verb. (intransitive) (transitive) To perform the functions of some office.
OFFICIATE, verb. (intransitive) (transitive) (sports) To serve as umpire or referee.

Dictionary definition

OFFICIATE, verb. Act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?".
OFFICIATE, verb. Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope