empower

empower is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to.
3. verb. give or delegate power or authority to

   "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

   Synonyms: authorise, authorize

4. verb. give qualities or abilities to

   Synonyms: endow, endue, gift, indue, invest

Synonyms

authorise, authorize, endow, endue, gift, indue, invest

Common word forms

empowers, empowered, empowering, empowerment

Words from these letters

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