Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Empower \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.'' --Keble.

Source : WordNet®

empowered
     adj : invested with legal power or official authority especially
           as symbolized by having a scepter [syn: {sceptered}, {sceptred}]