Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.
- adjective enabled or permitted.
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- adjective US Having been given the
power to make choices relevant to one's situation. - adjective US Acting with
confidence . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
empower .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter
Etymologies
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Examples
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The IRS again empowered to enforce the limitation.
The Budget Debate, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Don, who was feeling confident and empowered, is not taking any of it.
Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Don Strikes Back Samantha Zalaznick 2010
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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. 2010
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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... 2010
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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."
News 2011
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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."
NPR Topics: News 2011
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And over at the Daily Beast, Meghan McCain says that guns make her feel "empowered" - both as a Republican and as a woman:
Jezebel 2009
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Today, children are "empowered" - blatantly encouraged to circumvent their parents and defy traditional values.
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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.
Maddisen K. Krown: Ask Maddisen - How To Get Unstuck From Depression 2009
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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.
Social and Political Innovation through Social Media Evan O'Neil 2009
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