empower
1. give or delegate power or authority to (Freq. 1) - She authorized her assistant to sign the papers • Syn: authorise, authorize • Derivationally related forms: authorization (for: authorize), empowerment • Hypernyms: appoint, charge • Hyponyms: entitle, sanction • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Somebody ----s somebody with something 2. give qualities or abilities to • Syn: endow, indue, gift, invest, endue • Derivationally related forms: gift (for: gift), endowment (for: endow) • Hypernyms: enable • Hyponyms: cover • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody with something
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