officiate
verb (used without object)
to perform the office of a member of the clergy, as at a divine service.
officiates
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present tense formof officiate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Alfie is a qualified referee who officiates at step three and four of the football pyramid - the Isthmian League and the Southern League Premier Division.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
A referee officiates, while judges among the crowd deliver their verdicts in cases when there is no obvious winner.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2021
Cantor Rachel Goldman doesn’t often stay for the reception at the weddings she officiates, to “keep things professional,” as she put it.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2021
Herbie foils an evil real estate magnate from building a mall that will displace local retirees...then officiates a wedding.
From Golf Digest ● Nov. 12, 2019
Before the Indian Archimagus officiates in making the supposed holy fire for the yearly atonement of sin, the Sagan clothes him with a white ephod, which is a waistcoat without sleeves.
From Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State by Reuben Gold Thwaites
