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Verb: empower  im'paw-u(r) or em'paw-u(r)
  1. Give or delegate power or authority to
    "She empowered her assistant to sign the papers"
    - authorise [Brit], authorize
     
  2. Give qualities or abilities to
    - endow, indue, gift, invest, endue

Derived forms: empowered, empowers, empowering

See also: empowerment

Type of: appoint, charge, enable

Encyclopedia: Empower

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emptily
emptiness
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