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officiate

verb as in oversee, manage

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Wingo believes that just as there now are designated outside experts to talk about officiating on NFL telecasts, one day there will be similar analysts for gambling commentary.

Curtis also noted that Ruby and her fiancé are getting married next year in a wedding that Curtis will officiate.

He oversaw the extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples in Virginia and as his campaign notes was the first governor of a southern state to officiate a same-sex wedding.

McAuliffe’s campaign notes he is the first governor of a Southern state to officiate a same-sex wedding.

They started dating during Clinton’s first presidential campaign in 2008, tying the knot two years later — with Bill Clinton officiating.

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The first thing Joplin needs to find out before he will agree to officiate a wedding is why his potential client is in prison.

There, the city is apparently requiring the Hitching Post Lakeside Chapel to officiate gay weddings.

She seems astonished by the fact that no ministers wanted to officiate, writing, “So much for Christianity as we know it today.”

Booker had previously refused to officiate at any weddings as a statement of principle until same-sex marriage was legalized.

Yahadut Hatorah claims it would also allow untrustworthy rabbis to officiate at the Jewish weddings.

So to Dr. Castle's, and there did get a promise from his clerk that his master should officiate for me to-morrow.

There was nothing for it but to race through the ceremony, and "Old Jimmy" was not required to officiate again.

Then a man with a red stamp came in to help officiate till finally we got them all fixed up.

A chaplain must also be appointed to officiate at burials in the consecrated portion.

The one whose duty it was to officiate at the reception of initiates stood in the center.

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On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to officiate, such as: preside, act, boss, chair, command, and conduct.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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