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empower verb [ ɪmˈpaʊə ]

• give (someone) the authority or power to do something.
• "members are empowered to audit the accounts of limited companies"
Similar: authorize, license, entitle, permit, allow, sanction, warrant, commission, delegate, certify, accredit, qualify, give someone the authority, give someone permission, enable, equip, give the power to, give the means to, give the go-ahead to, give the green light to, OK, give the OK to, give the thumbs up to,
Opposite: forbid,


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