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Empower
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empower vt
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: to give official authority or legal power to [no branch of government should be ed unilaterally to impose a serious penalty "L. H. Tribe"]
Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.