Definition of "officering" [officering]

• Present participle of officer. (verb)

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• "The singular mlange of vainglorious boastings and lamentable shortcomings, of military tailoring, scandalous jobs, female influence, and incompetent officering, is gradually dying out before the stern exigencies of the occasion."
• "So he told me what he'd been up to-on the stage, and here and there, a little peace-officering, a little gambling, drifting a good deal."
• "We have at last found the right way to make them fight, by officering them with Englishmen, but we must not neglect the shooting process whenever they dare to turn tail."