empower
C1UK /ɪmˈpaʊə(r)/US /ɪmˈpaʊər/
Meaning
verb
to give somebody the power or authority to do something
“be empowered (to do something), The courts were empowered to impose the death sentence for certain crimes.”
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“Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize.”
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