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empower

/ɪmˈpaʊ.əɹ/verb3 syllables

Empower means: give qualities or abilities to.

Synonyms for empower11

verb, as in give qualities or abilities to

endow, indue, gift, invest, endue

verb, as in give or delegate power or authority to

authorise, authorize

also used for empower

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What does empower mean?2

verb

1

give qualities or abilities to

2

give or delegate power or authority to“She authorized her assistant to sign the papers”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with empower?12

two syllables

three syllables

devour

four syllables

superpower
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Empower in a sentence

  • Fadil started a non-profit organization to empower teen moms.OsoHombre
  • A man on a quest to empower the world.gleki
  • My goal is to help you empower yourself.shekitten
  • We should enable children to empower themselves. We can't do it for them.AlanF_US
  • When you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who only know what to think.DJ_Saidez
  • I want to empower the people.CM
  • My project hopes to empower members of the community to make the changes they want to see.shekitten
  • Empower your business to achieve more.Orange

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of empower

as a verb

past tense
empowered
present participle
empowering
third-person singular
empowers
past participle
empowered