1.VerbTo strip power from (someone or some group), as:
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
"The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy."
2.VerbTo remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
3.VerbTo remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
"The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy."