Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Officer \Of"fi*cer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Officered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Officering}.]
   1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.
      --Marshall.

   2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments
      officered the recruits.