Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. US Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.
- adj. US Acting with confidence.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of empower.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.
- adj. enabled or permitted.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter
Etymologies
- em- + powered (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The IRS again empowered to enforce the limitation.”
The Budget Debate, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Davis may be feeling empowered from the radical anti-immigrant law passed by the Arizona legislature, which requires police to attempt to determine the immigration status of anyone they encounter as part of a “lawful contact.””
Think Progress » Arizona militia recruiting veterans with ‘kill records’ to patrol border.
“Don, who was feeling confident and empowered, is not taking any of it.”
The Huffington Post: Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Don Strikes Back
“With reform of the HoL to an elected 2nd chamber acting as a counter-balance to a smaller, fixed term empowered Commons.”
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
“Then there's Phillips' distinctive way with a metaphor - comparing herself to a lever pulled down, as "a flipped switch," as a way of saying she feels turned on, empowered without using the dreadfully overused term "empowered.”
“Today, children are "empowered" - blatantly encouraged to circumvent their parents and defy traditional values.”
“And over at the Daily Beast, Meghan McCain says that guns make her feel "empowered" - both as a Republican and as a woman:”
“Being confident about what you are feeling, regardless of what it is, can shift you into feeling empowered, which is an emotion of higher energy and motion.”
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“Rasiej believes we have drifted into a somewhat post-partisan era where people may be more likely to self-identify as empowered citizens rather than Democrats.”
“Just a few minutes into my first steering committee meeting at the South Philly office, I realize that it's at these satellite offices where the notion of empowered leadership is tested most.”
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
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Ever think you were just like everyone else? Anything like anyone? Maybe even a little Average?
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Random list 22/5/2010
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