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Commissioning   /kəmˈɪʃənɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Commission  v. t.  (past & past part. commissioned; pres. part. 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."
Synonyms: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate; constitute; ordain.





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"Commissioning" Quotes from Famous Books



... above reflections may be some explanations in fact for the opposition to the commissioning of Negroes, there was no one with hardihood enough to bring them forward. Such notions might form the groundwork of a prejudice, but they could not become the reason of a policy. It is an instinctive tribute to the good sense of the American ...
— The Colored Regulars in the United States Army • T. G. Steward


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