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empower
Overview of verb empower
The verb empower has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) empower, authorise, authorize -- (give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers")
2. endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue -- (give qualities or abilities to)
Grep of noun empower
empowerment
Antonyms of verb empower
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb empower
2 senses of empower
Sense 1
empower, authorise, authorize
=> appoint, charge
Sense 2
endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue
=> enable
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb empower
2 senses of empower
Sense 1
empower, authorise, authorize
=> entitle
=> sanction
Sense 2
endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue
=> cover
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb empower
2 senses of empower
Sense 1
empower, authorise, authorize
=> appoint, charge
Sense 2
endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue
=> enable
'Cause To' of verb empower
Derived Forms of verb empower
1 of 2 senses of empower
Sense 1
empower, authorise, authorize
RELATED TO>(noun) empowerment#1
=> authorization, authorisation, empowerment
Domain of verb empower
Domain Terms of verb empower
Familiarity of verb empower
empower used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb empower
2 senses of empower
Sense 1
empower, authorise, authorize
*> Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s somebody with something
Sense 2
endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue
*> Somebody ----s somebody with something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb empower
2 senses of empower
Sense 1
empower, authorise, authorize
> appoint, charge
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> depute, deputize, deputise
=> name, nominate, make
=> empower, authorise, authorize
=> accredit
=> create
Sense 2
endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue
> enable
=> equip
=> endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb empower
Sense 1
empower, authorise, authorize
=> appoint, charge
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Sense 2
endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue
=> enable
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Grep of verb empower
empower
Grep of adj empower
empowered
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