- empower
- v1. authorize, warrant, license, certify, certificate, validate, document, accredit, qualify, Eccles. ordain; invest, entrust, entitle, commission, depute, delegate authority to, constitute, Archaic. appoint; franchise, charter, legalize, formalize, establish, set up.2. permit, allow, give the go ahead or green light, consent to, vouchsafe; sanction, confirm, ratify, pass, vote for; approve, give one's nod of approval, countenance, Chiefly U.S. approbate, Inf.O.K.; enable, capacitate, endow, endue, equip, outfit, arm; potentiate, strengthen, invigorate, energize
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.