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v. t.
The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector.
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A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.
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The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.
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The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official.
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To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
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Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
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Not prescribed by official duty.
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A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
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Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.
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Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.
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The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality of an official.
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Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation.
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An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below.
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Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
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By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as, accounts or reports officially vertified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.
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See Officialty.
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The official who takes care of the interior of a church building.
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A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc.
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A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message.
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Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.
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