empower
v.
1650s, also impower, from assimilated form of en-(1) + power, n.. Used by Milton, Beaumont, Pope, Jefferson, Macaulay, but the modern popularity dates from 1986. Related: Empowered; empowering.
〔李〕[em-=to put into 使置于；power n.权力⇒“to put sb. into power 使某人处于有权力的地位”→] v. give power or authority to授权，准许