Main Entry: 2commission
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -mis£sioned ; com£mis£sion£ing \-‚mi-sh(„-)niŠ\
Date: circa 1661
1 : to furnish with a commission: as a : to confer a formal commission on ²was commissioned lieutenant³ b : to appoint or assign to a task or function ²was commissioned to do the biography³
2 : to order to be made ²commissioned a portrait³
3 : to put (a ship) in commission