officer
noun
a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
officering
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present participleof officer.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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But decades of corruption in palace and government paid off disastrously in lack of ammunition, inferior arms and cowardly officering.
From Time Magazine Archive
They possessed none of the dash and fire of the hardier troops; their organization was--and still is--defective; and the system of officering them was radically bad.
From For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Through one of his agents he succeeded in officering it with well-known Southerners, who knew only that part of the plan which contemplated an increase in prices, and were in sympathy with it.
From Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 by House, Edward Mandell
General Arthur, by special request of Governor Morgan, resumed his duties as quartermaster-general and established a system of recruiting and officering the new levies, which proved wonderfully successful.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884 by Various
Not the slightest difficulty is experienced at Liverpool in officering and manning any number of ships for this purpose.
From Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 by Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon
