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   Empower (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Empowering.]
   1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, “the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.”
   
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   2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to. “These eyes . . . empowered to gaze.”  Keble.
   
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   3. to enable or permit; to give more opportunity for independent action.
   
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