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 em·pow·er /ɪmˈpaʊ(ə)r/
 (vt.)授予權力,允許,使能夠

 Em·pow·er v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empowered p. pr. & vb. n. Empowering.]
 1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.
 2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to. “These eyes . . . empowered to gaze.”
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 empower
      v 1: give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her
           assistant to sign the papers" [syn: authorise, authorize]
      2: give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue, gift,
          invest, endue]