Definition of empower verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

EMPOWER definition: to give power pow power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means. See examples of empower used in a sentence.

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The meaning of EMPOWER is to give official authority or legal power to. How to use empower in a sentence.

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em•pow•er (em pou′ ər), v.t. to give power or authority to; authorize, esp. by legal or official means: I empowered my agent to make the deal for me. The local ordinance empowers the …

To assess the scope of analyses of social power in community psychology (CP), we examined articles published in the American Journal of Community Psychology and Journal of …