Empower meaning
It's not enough to give women and minorities equal rights on paper; they need to be empowered to be able to make use of these rights.
John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations.
An example of empower is to leave the second in command in total charge for the day.
Congress is empowered to levy taxes.
Origin of empower
- em- + power
From Wiktionary