Definition of "empower" []

• To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority. See Synonyms at authorize. (verb-transitive)
• To equip or supply with an ability; enable: "Computers ... empower students to become intellectual explorers” ( Edward B. Fiske). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "She says: The word enable can be contrasted with the word empower."
• "Oxford defines vulnerable as "susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm"; empower is to "give (someone) the authority or power to do something.""
• "Membership: For s30 to s75, new clients are entitled to a six-week money back / results guaranteed programme called empower with no joining fee and no contract."