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To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service.

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  1. v. i. To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service.
  2. v. t. To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or function.
  3. v. act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding
  4. v. perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function
  5. 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. To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or function. [Obs.] Merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth. Milton.
  6. To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact thebusiness of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service.Bp. Stillingfleet.
  7. v:100 v. act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding v. perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function