Give qualities or abilities to.

synonyms: empower, endue, gift, indue, invest.

Roget 784: deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of; hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over; assign dower.    present, give away, dispense, dispose of; give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out.    pay etc. 807; render, impart, communicate.    concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast; spend etc. 809.    give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign.    intrust, consign, vest in.    make a present; allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota.    invest, endow, settle upon; bequeath, leave, devise.    furnish, supply, help; administer to; afford, spare; accommodate with, indulge with, favor with; shower down upon; lavish, pour on, thrust upon.    tip, bribe; tickle the palm, grease the palm; offer etc. 763; sacrifice, immolate.    ... show more

Roget 157: be powerful etc. adj.; gain power etc. n.. belong to, pertain to; lie in one's power, be in one's power; can, be able.    give power, confer power, exercise power etc. n.; empower, enable, invest; indue^†, endue; endow, arm; strengthen etc. 159; compel etc. 744.    ... show more

Dutch: schenken

Furnish with an endowment.

synonym: dower.