empower

empower is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.

[2] To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to. "These eyes . . . empowered to gaze." Keble.

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