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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America may have empowered the president to give the capital a case of Mar-a-Lago face, but the city’s inhabitants get only the slightest of say in federal matters.
From Slate ● May 18, 2026
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
"What you have done is you have empowered the people who have tried to cancel you," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 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
