Related Clues:

• Help out
• Equip
• Give the go-ahead
• Pave the way for
• Endue
• Give authority to
• Enable
• Abet, in a way
• Give authority
• Encourage (someone's) self-destructive behavior
• Invest with authority
• Allow to happen
• Give kindness that kills
• Give a confidence boost to
• Foster, as a drug habit