vverb.socialgive or delegate power or authority toSynset:authorise authorize empower
Examples:- She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
Derivationally Related Form:authorizationempowerment
Hypernyms:appoint charge
Inherited Hypernyms:empowerappoint
Direct Hyponyms:entitlesanction
Full Troponyms:entitlesanction
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody with something (apply to: empower)
vverb.socialgive qualities or abilities toSynset:empower endow endue gift indue invest
Derivationally Related Form:endowmentgift
Hypernyms:enable
Inherited Hypernyms:endowenablechange
Direct Hyponyms:cover
Full Troponyms:cover
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody with something
adj satadj.allinvested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepterSynset:sceptered sceptred
Antonyms:unauthorized
Inherited Hypernyms:empowered
Similar to:authorised authorized