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4. That which is performed, intended, or
assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is
fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in
intelligent beings.

They [the eyes] resign their office and their
light.

Hesperus, whose office is to bring

Twilight upon the earth.

In this experiment the several intervals of the teeth
of the comb do the office of so many prisms.

5. The place where a particular kind of
business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in
which public officers and others transact business; as, the
register's office; a lawyer's office.

6. The company or corporation, or persons
collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have
notified the office.

7. pl. The apartments or outhouses in
which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a
house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc.


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