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English verb: empower | |||
| 1. | empower (social) give or delegate power or authority to | ||
| Samples | She authorized her assistant to sign the papers. | ||
| Synonyms | authorise, authorize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appoint, charge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | entitle, sanction | ||
| 2. | empower (social) give qualities or abilities to | ||
| Synonyms | endow, endue, gift, indue, invest | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enable | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cover | ||
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