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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To send out with a charge or commission.
[1913 Webster]
A chosen band
He first commissions to the Latian land. --Dryden.
Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate;
constitute; ordain.