commissioning n : the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions [syn: commission]

Commission \Com*mis"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commissioned; p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]
1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer.
2. To send out with a charge or commission. A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian land. --Dryden. Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate; constitute; ordain.

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