Empower
WordNet
verb
(1) Give or delegate power or authority to
"She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"
(2) Give qualities or abilities to
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To give permission or power to do something.
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- Abstractly, to give the confidence to do something.
- John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations.
- Abstractly, to give the confidence to do something.
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