empower
verb (used with object)
to give power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means.
have empowered
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present perfectof empower.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Under normal circumstances, the rules would have empowered the referee to declare a forfeit and award the game to Morocco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Tighter rules have empowered Cal/OSHA to act more quickly when workers were at risk, the agency said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
People have published financial advice for generations, but vertical video apps have empowered financially illiterate creators to push their ideas directly to other financially illiterate users.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2024
Late last year, they moved in together; with Luka, Wang and Damian’s son, the members of this unorthodox trio have empowered one another past the shadow of grief.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
Sir, I have empowered Colonel Carrington to have twelve boats, scows, or batteaux, built at Taylor's Ferry, and to draw on me for the cost.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
