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Definition of Empower
1. Verb. Give or delegate power or authority to. "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"
Specialized synonyms: Entitle, Sanction
Generic synonyms: Appoint, Charge
Derivative terms: Authorization, Empowerment
2. Verb. Give qualities or abilities to.
Generic synonyms: Enable
Specialized synonyms: Cover
Derivative terms: Endowment, Gift, Gift
Definition of Empower
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Empower
1. Verb. (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Empower
1. to give legal power to [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Empower
1. 1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorise (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." Origin: Empowered; Empowering. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Empower
Literary usage of Empower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Statutes of the Province of Ontario by Ontario (1871)
"C. An Act to empower the Trustees under the will of the late Joseph Bitterman
Spragge, to sell certain lands in the Township of Blenheim and County of ..."
2. Collections by CT Historical Society (1908)
"... Lines shall be settled at home, which we hope will not be long, seeing it
could not be accomodated here; and to this end, this House did empower Capt. ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield (1904)
"The legislature, by virtue of its control over streets as public highways, may
empower municipalities to authorize the use of streets for purposes other ..."
4. History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the by George Ticknor Curtis (1854)
"An Act to empower the Delegates of this State in Congress to subscribe anil ratify
the Articles of Confederation. Whereas it hath been said that the common ..."
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