0 to give someone official authority or the freedom to do something:
1 to encourage and support the ability to do something:
We want to empower individuals to get the skills they need.
The state constitution does not empower counties to create housing authorities.
2 to give someone official or legal authority, or the freedom or confidence to do something:
Commoners were empowered more than one would expect after reading the political-economy literature.
The intensity and immediacy of their expressive intention provide empowering qualities that thrive on musical interaction.
To empower adolescents to consent for themselves in research may not adequately protect their long-term interests even if it respects their current interests.
In 1945, the federal government was empowered to regulate maternity insurance as well as family allowances.
It is also the agency which is empowered to require food producers to provide specific information to consumers through labelling.
In a society intent on sorting and ranking its inhabitants, empowering some and excluding others, no single identity fits all.
Perhaps they felt more intimidated by the opponents until the king empowered them to speak their minds.
The study demonstrated the high cost of constructing consensus, because it empowered some groups at the expense of others.
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