verb (v)

• give or delegate power or authority to(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  authorise, authorize
  

  source: wordnet30
• give qualities or abilities to(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  endow, endue, gift, indue, invest
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913