n.
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -mis · sioned ; -mis · sion · ing \ - ' mi-sh( ə -)ni ŋ \
Date: circa 1661
1 : to furnish with a commission: as a : to confer a formal commission on <was commission ed lieutenant> b : to appoint or assign to a task or function <was commission ed to do the biography>
2 : to order to be made < commission ed a portrait>
3 : to put (a ship) in commission