of a ship: ready for active service : in commission
But few of the Bostonians depicted here on Constitution Wharf at Boston Harbor would have predicted that the old ship would … remain a commissioned Navy ship for so many years to come. Tyrone Martin
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: having or involving a commission (see commissionentry 1 sense 1) conferring rank, authority, or power
a commissioned notary public
Of these [Irish] volunteers [in the British armed forces] I estimate that approximately 8,000 served in the commissioned ranks. Steven O'Connor