empowered

adj.	1.	invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.
	2.	enabled or permitted; as, the women's liberation movement empowered wives to take more control of their own lives.

Adj.

1.

empowered - invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter Synonyms: sceptered, sceptred

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