A quiet fielder put in position (7)
I believe the answer is:
appoint
'put in position' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'a quiet fielder' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'fielder' becomes 'point' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'p'+'point'='APPOINT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for appoint that I've seen before include "Delegate" , "Officially assign" , "Ordain" , "Set in place" , "Settle" .)