Commissioning

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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