deacon

1. To ordain to the diaconate. (transitive)
2. For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
3. To kill a calf shortly after birth. (US)
4. To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath. (US, slang)
5. To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc. (US, slang)

He/she/it deacons · الماضي deaconed · التصريف الثالث (اسم المفعول) deaconed · صيغة -ing deaconing