empowers

(verb)
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Definitions

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French 'empowerer' or Anglo-Norman French 'empowerer', from 'en-' (expressing intensification) + 'power'.

Synonyms

authorize, enable, permit, entitle, validate

Antonyms

disempower, subdue, weaken, invalidate