Both Uses of
officiate
in
Running in the Family
- Major Robinson, who ran the prison, would officiate at the tournaments.†
p. 40.9 *officiate = act in an official capacity
- Why did she not tell me the story—this demure woman in a sari who was once "bath prefect" at Bishop's College Girl's School, who officiated over the cleansing of my lean five-year-old nakedness?†
p. 139.7officiated = acted in an official capacity
Definition:
act in an official capacity -- such as when enforcing rules at a sports event or presiding over a wedding ceremony