Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OF-FI'CIATE
OF-FI'CIATE, v.i.
- To act as an officer in his office; to transact the appropriate business of an office or public trust. At this court the chief justice officiated. The bishops and priests officiate at the altar. Stillingfleet.
- To perform the appropriate official duties of another.
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