empower

em·pow·er

E0118400 (ĕm-pou′ər)tr.v. em·pow·ered, em·pow·er·ing, em·pow·ers 1. To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority. See Synonyms at authorize.2. To equip or supply with an ability; enable: "Computers ... empower students to become intellectual explorers" (Edward B. Fiske).

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em·pow′er·ment n.

empower

(ɪmˈpaʊə) vb (tr) 1. to give or delegate power or authority to; authorize2. to give ability to; enable or permit

em•pow•er

(ɛmˈpaʊ ər)

v.t. 1. to give official or legal power or authority to. 2. to endow with an ability; enable. [1645–55] em•pow′er•ment, n.

empower

Past participle: empowered
Gerund: empowering

Imperative
empower
empower

Present
I empower
you empower
he/she/it empowers
we empower
you empower
they empower

Preterite
I empowered
you empowered
he/she/it empowered
we empowered
you empowered
they empowered

Present Continuous
I am empowering
you are empowering
he/she/it is empowering
we are empowering
you are empowering
they are empowering

Present Perfect
I have empowered
you have empowered
he/she/it has empowered
we have empowered
you have empowered
they have empowered

Past Continuous
I was empowering
you were empowering
he/she/it was empowering
we were empowering
you were empowering
they were empowering

Past Perfect
I had empowered
you had empowered
he/she/it had empowered
we had empowered
you had empowered
they had empowered

Future
I will empower
you will empower
he/she/it will empower
we will empower
you will empower
they will empower

Future Perfect
I will have empowered
you will have empowered
he/she/it will have empowered
we will have empowered
you will have empowered
they will have empowered

Future Continuous
I will be empowering
you will be empowering
he/she/it will be empowering
we will be empowering
you will be empowering
they will be empowering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been empowering
you have been empowering
he/she/it has been empowering
we have been empowering
you have been empowering
they have been empowering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been empowering
you will have been empowering
he/she/it will have been empowering
we will have been empowering
you will have been empowering
they will have been empowering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been empowering
you had been empowering
he/she/it had been empowering
we had been empowering
you had been empowering
they had been empowering

Conditional
I would empower
you would empower
he/she/it would empower
we would empower
you would empower
they would empower

Past Conditional
I would have empowered
you would have empowered
he/she/it would have empowered
we would have empowered
you would have empowered
they would have empowered

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	empower - give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"authorise, authorizeentitle - give the right to; "The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file"appoint, charge - assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"sanction - give authority or permission to
	2.	empower - give qualities or abilities toendow, endue, gift, indue, investenable - render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"cover - invest with a large or excessive amount of something; "She covered herself with glory"

empower

verb1. authorize, allow, commission, qualify, permit, sanction, entitle, delegate, license, warrant, give power to, give authority to, invest with power The army is now empowered to operate on a shoot-to-kill basis.2. enable, equip, emancipate, give means to, enfranchise empowering the underprivileged by means of education

empower

verb1. To give authority to:accredit, authorize, commission, enable, entitle, license, qualify.2. To give the means, ability, or opportunity to do:enable, permit.

Translations

εξουσιοδοτώapoderarautoriserautorizzare