Empowering

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Empower \Em*pow"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empowered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Empowering}.]
     1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission;
        to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the
        Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil
        or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an


        acquittance, and discharge the debtor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities
        to. "These eyes . . . empowered to gaze." --Keble.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. to enable or permit; to give more opportunity for
        independent action.
        [PJC]