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/emˈpou(-ə)r/,
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empowered, past tense; empowered, past participle; empowering, present participle; empowers, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Give (someone) the authority or power to do something
    • - nobody was empowered to sign checks on her behalf
  2. Enable (someone) to do (something)
    • - cryptography will empower individuals to control their information
  3. Make (someone) stronger and more confident, esp. in controlling their life and claiming their rights
    • - movements to empower the poor
  1. give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"
  2. endow: give qualities or abilities to
  3. (empowered) invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter
  4. (empowerment) authorization: the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
  5. EMPOWER ("Education Means Protection Of Women Engaged in Recreation"), also known as Centre for Sex Workers' Protection or Moolniti Songserm Okard Pooying (มูลนิธิส่งเสริมโอกาสผู้หญิง), is a non-profit organisation in Thailand that supports sex workers by offering free classes in language, ...
  6. EmPower is a 15 volt DC connector type found on many commercial airlines designed to provide power to travelers' electronic devices. The system is limited to 75 watts (5 amperes). ...
  7. Embodied energy is defined as the commercial energy (fossil fuels, nuclear, etc) that was used in the work to make any product, bring it to market, and dispose of it. ...
  8. Empower is a liquid chromatography (HPLC or UPLC) software produced by Waters Corporation allowing the user to control the chromatography instrument and to process the data.
  9. (Empowered (comics)) Empowered is an original English-language manga written and illustrated by Adam Warren. ...
  10. Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social, or economic strength of individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities.
  11. To give permission or power to do something; Abstractly, to give the confidence to do something
  12. (empowerment) The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group; The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power; The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically); Government programs encouraging advancement of ...
  13. (Empowered) Any weapon inflicting power damage (either permenantly or via the use of an invocation such as power weapon) is said to be empowered. Empowered weapons are immune to certain spells, invocations and effects. ...
  14. (Empowering) Also called "charging".  This means to fill an object with divine energy for a specific magickal purpose or manifestation.
  15. (Empowering) The act of moving energy into an object.
  16. (Empowering) learners share, contribute, and create by making discoveries through their own interpretations, which encourages passion and responsibility for their own learning.
  17. Empowerment may be defined as 'the means by which individuals, groups and/or communities become able to take control of their own circumstances and achieve their own goals, thereby being able to work towards helping themselves and others to maximise the quality of their lives'. ...
  18. (Empowerment) Enabling people to take responsibility for themselves and helping them to make decisions about their own lives.
  19. (empowerment) A condition whereby employees have the authority to make decisions and take action in their work areas, jobs, or tasks without prior approval. It allows the employees the responsibility normally associated with staffs. Examples are scheduling, quality, or purchasing decisions.
  20. (Empowerment) Reinforcement of the ability of individuals or groups to make decisions and have control over decisions and actions affecting their health, including opportunities to shape their own environments and the conditions which have an impact on health.
  21. (Empowerment) means enabling an employee to think and behave, take action, make decisions, and be autonomous in controlling work. ...
  22. (Empowerment) the process of gaining power over decisions and resources.
  23. (Empowerment) The ability or the process of developing the ability, to achieve one's full potential in society and shape one's life according to one's own aspirations. ...
  24. (Empowerment) Making it possible for people to understand and exercise their powers and responsibilities as citizens
  25. (empowerment) (p. 20, 221) Giving employees the authority and responsibility to respond quickly to customer requests.