1. (

• empower ,
• authorise ,
• authorize

) give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers" ;

2. (

• endow ,
• indue ,
• gift ,
• empower ,
• invest ,
• endue

) give qualities or abilities to ;

1. (

• empowered ,
• sceptered ,
• sceptred

) invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter ;