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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities
to. ``These eyes . . . empowered to gaze.'' --Keble.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
empowering
a.
That empower#Verb; serving to empower.
vb.
(present participle of en empower nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
empowering
a.
That empower#Verb; serving to empower.
vb.
(present participle of en empower nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
empowering
a.
That empower#Verb; serving to empower.
vb.
(present participle of en empower nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
empowering
a.
That empower#Verb; serving to empower.
vb.
(present participle of en empower nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
empowering
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm e mpower ing)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
empowering
Engelska a.
(avledning en empower ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb empower)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Empowering /ɛmpˈaʊəɹɪŋ/ التشجيعFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
empowering /ɛmpˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
ermächtigend, bevollmächtigend, autorisierend
Synonyms: authorizing, authorising
see: empower sb., authorize sb., authorise to do sth., empowered, authorized, authorised, authorized translation
From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]empowering /ɛmpˈaʊəɹɪŋ/From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]įgaliojimas, įgalinimas
/ɪmˈpaʊɝɪŋ/