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empowered
(encz) | empowered,zmocnit v: web |
Empowered
(gcide) | Empower \Em*pow"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empowered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Empowering.]
1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission;
to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the
Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil
or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an
acquittance, and discharge the debtor.
[1913 Webster]
2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities
to. "These eyes . . . empowered to gaze." --Keble.
[1913 Webster]
3. to enable or permit; to give more opportunity for
independent action.
[PJC] |
empowered
(gcide) | empowered \empowered\ adj.
1. invested with legal power or official authority especially
as symbolized by having a scepter.
Syn: sceptered, sceptred.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. enabled or permitted; as, the women's liberation movement
empowered wives to take more control of their own lives.
[PJC] |
empowered
(wn) | empowered
adj 1: invested with legal power or official authority
especially as symbolized by having a scepter [syn:
empowered, sceptered, sceptred] |
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empowered
(encz) | empowered,zmocnit v: web |
empowered
(gcide) | Empower \Em*pow"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empowered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Empowering.]
1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission;
to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the
Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil
or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an
acquittance, and discharge the debtor.
[1913 Webster]
2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities
to. "These eyes . . . empowered to gaze." --Keble.
[1913 Webster]
3. to enable or permit; to give more opportunity for
independent action.
[PJC]empowered \empowered\ adj.
1. invested with legal power or official authority especially
as symbolized by having a scepter.
Syn: sceptered, sceptred.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. enabled or permitted; as, the women's liberation movement
empowered wives to take more control of their own lives.
[PJC] |
empowered
(wn) | empowered
adj 1: invested with legal power or official authority
especially as symbolized by having a scepter [syn:
empowered, sceptered, sceptred] |
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