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Officiate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Officiate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A person appointed to office

Verb
1

act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding

"Who officiated at your wedding?"

2

perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function

"His wife officiated as his private secretary"

3

To perform the functions of some office.

See Also
officiation perform umpire judge officiates self officiated officiateth nonofficiating
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
perform serve
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
marry
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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