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officiate

verb
/əˈfiʃ.i.eɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin officiātus, perfect participle of Late Latin officior (“to perform a function”) and of Medieval Latin officiō (“to officiate, say mass (9th cent.); to serve a church (13th cent.); to serve (early 13th c., 14th in British sources); to discharge an office (14th c.)”), from Latin officium (“official duty, service”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). The noun is derived from Medieval Latin officiātus (“monk in charge of a monastic office, official (start of 12th c., 14th in British sources)”), substantivized from the participle, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

  1. borrowed from officiātus — “monk in charge of a monastic office, official (start of 12th c., 14th in British sources)”
  2. derived from officium
  3. borrowed from officiō
  4. borrowed from officior
  5. borrowed from officiātus

Definitions

  1. To perform the functions of some office.

    • She officiated as registrar at the wedding.
    • She officiated the wedding as registrar.

  2. To serve as umpire or referee.

    • This is the second time he has officiated at a cup-final.
    • He's never officiated a cup-final before.

  3. A person appointed to office, an official.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at officiate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at officiate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at officiate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA