Verb: empower im'paw(-u)r or em'paw(-u)r
- Give or delegate power or authority to
"She empowered her assistant to sign the papers";
- authorise [Brit], authorize
- Give qualities or abilities to
"The experience empowered her with newfound confidence";
- endow, indue, gift, invest, endue [archaic]
- Increase the confidence, rights and status (of some group)
"Education can empower disadvantaged communities"
Derived forms: empowered, empowering, empowers
Type of: appoint, charge, enable
Encyclopedia: Empower