Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. To send out with a charge or commission.

            A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian
            land.                                 --Dryden.

   Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate;
        constitute; ordain.

Source : WordNet®

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