To authorize or empower; to give the faculty or right to do something.
From Latin facultatus, past participle of facultare 'to make able.' A rare verb formation, mostly used in formal or legal contexts.
This verb is so formal and uncommon that most English speakers would use 'authorize' or 'empower' instead—it's a linguistic fossil from when Latin was closer to English usage.
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