commission

Roget category 755

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.6. General intersocial volition
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#755. [Vicarious authority.] Commission

noun

commission, delegation — consignment, assignment — procuration^† — deputation, legation, mission, embassy — agency, agentship^† — power of attorney — clerkship — surrogacy.
errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur [Lat.], permit etc. (permission) 760.
appointment, nomination, designation, return — charter — ordination — installation, inauguration, investiture, swearing-in — accession, coronation, enthronement.
vicegerency — regency, regentship.
viceroy etc. 745 — consignee etc. 758 — deputy etc. 759.
[person who receives a commission] agent, delegate, consignee etc. 758.

verb

commission, delegate, depute — consign, assign — charge — intrust, entrust — commit, commit to the hands of — authorize etc. (permit) 760.
put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain — install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown — enroll, enlist — give power of attorney to.
employ, empower — set over, place over — send out.
be commissioned, be accredited — represent, stand for — stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.

adjective

commissioned etc. v..

adverb

per procurationem [Lat.].

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