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grant
To give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
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  1. To give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
  2. To allow or consent to the fulfillment of (something requested):
  3. To give or confer officially or formally:
authorize
To give (someone) permission; to sanction or consent.
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  1. To give (someone) permission; to sanction or consent.
  2. To grant (someone) power or authority (to do something specific).
  3. To give power or authority to; empower; commission
enable
To give legal power, capacity, or sanction to:
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  1. To give legal power, capacity, or sanction to:
  2. (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?) To allow a way out or excuse for an action.
  3. To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity (to do something); make able:
permit
To allow; consent to; tolerate
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  1. To allow; consent to; tolerate
  2. To grant consent or leave to (someone); authorize:
  3. To afford opportunity; allow:
accredit
To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
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  1. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
  2. To give credit to:
  3. To authorize; give credentials to
authorize
To give (someone) permission; to sanction or consent.
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  1. To give (someone) permission; to sanction or consent.
  2. To grant (someone) power or authority (to do something specific).
  3. To give power or authority to; empower; commission
commission
To authorize or engage (someone to do something):
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  1. To authorize or engage (someone to do something):
  2. To give a commission to
  3. To grant a military commission to.
enable
(Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?) To allow a way out or excuse for an action.
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  1. (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?) To allow a way out or excuse for an action.
  2. To authorize, allow, or permit
  3. To make able; provide with means, opportunity, power, or authority
entitle
To honor or dignify by a title
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  1. To honor or dignify by a title
  2. To give a title or name to
  3. To furnish with a right or claim to something:
license
To give license or a license to or for; permit formally
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  1. To give license or a license to or for; permit formally
  2. To grant a license to or for; authorize.
qualify
To change the strength or flavor of (a liquid, etc.)
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  1. To change the strength or flavor of (a liquid, etc.)
  2. To be or become qualified, as by meeting requirements
  3. To render deserving of a descriptor by having or enumerating certain necessary characteristics:
enable
To authorize, allow, or permit
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  1. To authorize, allow, or permit
  2. (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?) To allow a way out or excuse for an action.
  3. To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity (to do something); make able:
permit
To grant consent or leave to (someone); authorize:
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  1. To grant consent or leave to (someone); authorize:
  2. To allow; consent to; tolerate
  3. To afford opportunity; allow:
Find another word for empower. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for empower, like: grant, authorize, enable, permit, allow, approve, commission, enable, accredit, authorize and commission.

Sentence Examples

  • We can empower people to feed themselves.

  • With a view of effecting the reduction of street car fares to three cents, the state legislature in 1899 passed an act for purchasing or leasing the street railways of the city, but the Supreme Court pronounced this act unconstitutional on the ground that, as the constitution prohibited the state from engaging in a work of internal improvement, the state could not empower a municipality to do so.

  • I really try in all the books to empower moms to make wise choices for themselves and their babies, instead of laying down rules and methods.

  • Purchases of these types of products can empower small farm owners, rewarding their efforts to treat the environment and their workers with well-deserved respect.

  • Out of all the Bare Escentuals makeup kits, this one will empower you with the most knowledge and ability to look gorgeous each and every time.

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