'Empowering' definitions:

Definition of 'Empowering'

From: 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]

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