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What is the verb for empowerment?

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empower
  1. (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
  2. (transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. authorise, authorize, commission, license, sanction, permit, warrant, allow, enable, entitle, qualify, accredit, delegate, certify, charter, equip, let, licence, capacitate, invest, vest, charge, endow, entrust, grant, legitimise, legitimize, okay, privilege, give permission, OK, give authority to, give means to, give power to, give someone the authority, give the go-ahead to, give the means to, give the power to, invest with power, give the green light to, give the thumbs up to, give the OK to, approve, endorse, pass, appoint, ordain, designate, give the go-ahead, validate … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “My manager would empower me to make key decisions within the department.”
      “They brought new ways to empower the oppressed by providing knowledge on which to construct countervailing power.”
      “Steve's inspiring speech would empower me to chase my dreams.”
empowered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of empower
  2. Synonyms:
      3. allowed, permitted, leet, let, enabled, entitled, qualified, admitted of, OKed, green-lighted, green-lit, had, acceded to, acquiesced in, agreed to, approved of, assented to, conceded to, consented to, gave a blank cheque to, gave authorization to, gave leave to, gave one's assent to, gave one's blessing to, gave one's consent to, gave permission for, gave permission to, gave something the nod, gave the go-ahead to, gave the green light for, gave the green light to, gave the nod, gave the OK to, gave the thumbs up to, granted permission to, granted someone the right, okayed, said the word … more
empowre
  1. Obsolete form of empower.
impowre
  1. Obsolete form of empower.
impower
  1. Archaic form of empower.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Cariste, a 110,000 SF office lease on behalf of Impower and the sale of an 85,000 SF facility for Principal Insurance Company.”
      “Sandwell Council said it was investing in more social workers to help resolve the issues and has signed up with private sector partner iMPOWER to improve services.”
empowers
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empower
  2. Synonyms:
      3. authorises, authorizes, commissions, licenses, sanctions, permits, warrants, allows, enables, entitles, qualifies, accredits, delegates, certifies, charters, equips, lets, licences, capacitates, invests, vests, charges, endows, entrusts, grants, legitimises, legitimizes, okays, privileges, gives permission, OKs, gives authority to, gives means to, gives power to, gives someone the authority, gives the go-ahead to, gives the means to, gives the power to, invests with power, gives the green light to, gives the thumbs up to, gives the OK to, frees, emancipates, liberates, unfetters, unshackles, enfranchises, unyokes, disenthralls … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Likewise, democracy empowers disaffected minorities to speak out and assert themselves along ethnic, religious, or tribal lines.”
      “Having the Web's multiplicity of information at our fingertips empowers and diminishes us.”
      “Current legislation empowers the Financial Supervision Commission to sanction banks that use misleading advertisements.”
impowers
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impower
empowereth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empower
empowerest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of empower
impowered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of impower
impowring
  1. present participle of impowre
impowering
  1. present participle of impower
empowering
  1. present participle of empower
  2. Synonyms:
      3. authorising, authorizing, commissioning, licensing, sanctioning, permitting, warranting, allowing, enabling, entitling, qualifying, accrediting, delegating, certifying, chartering, equipping, letting, licencing, capacitating, investing, vesting, charging, endowing, entrusting, granting, legitimising, legitimizing, okaying, privileging, giving permission, OKing, giving authority to, giving means to, giving power to, giving someone the authority, giving the go-ahead to, giving the means to, giving the power to, investing with power, giving the green light to, giving the thumbs up to, giving the OK to, freeing, emancipating, liberating, unfettering, unshackling, enfranchising, unyoking, disenthralling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “There is a profound fear of empowering consumers to share media in a self-organizing way on a mass scale.”
      “Many philosophers blenched at the idea even of educating, let alone empowering, the common people.”
      “Separation is not psychologically satisfying or emotionally empowering for some individuals.”
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