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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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