2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Empower \Em*pow"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empowered}; p. pr &
vb n. {Empowering}.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
empower
v 1: give or delegate power to
2: give qualities or abilities to [syn: {endow}, {indue}, {gift},
{invest}, {endue}]
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