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EMPOWER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give or delegate power or authority to

Example:

She authorized her assistant to sign the papers

Synonyms:

authorise; authorize; empower

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "empower" is one way to...):

appoint; charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "empower"):

entitle (give the right to)

sanction (give authority or permission to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something

Derivation:

empowerment (the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give qualities or abilities to

Synonyms:

empower; endow; endue; gift; indue; invest

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "empower" is one way to...):

enable (render capable or able for some task)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "empower"):

cover (invest with a large or excessive amount of something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody with something

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