Empower

Definitions: Empower

Empower

Verb

1. Give or delegate power to.

2. Give qualities or abilities to.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "empower" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Empower \Em*pow"er\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Empowered; present participle verb or noun Empowering.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Empower

Commission

Employ, empower; set over, place over; send out.

Permission

Grant, empower, charter, enfranchise, privilege, confer a privilege, license, authorize, warrant; sanction; intrust; (commission).

Power

Give power, confer power, exercise power; Noun: empower, enable, invest; indue, endue; endow, arm; strengthen; compel.

Crosswords: Empower

I want you to become the protector of Rome after I die. I will empower you to one end alone; to give power back to the people of Rome and end the corruption it has crippled. (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson.)

Like a father, I am resolved to empower to him all that I can. But never, not even for a moment, do I doubt that to take him back, is a perilous undertaking. (Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes; writing credit: Edgar Rice Burroughs; Robert Towne)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Parent Talk: Words That Empower, Words That Wound (reference)

• PowerNomics : The National Plan to Empower Black America (reference)

• Reel Spirit: A Guide to Movies That Inspire, Explore and Empower (reference)

• The Book of Vodou: Charms and Rituals to Empower Your Life (reference)

• The Magical Household: Empower Your Home With Love, Protection, Health and Happiness (Llewellyn's Practical Magick Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

High Tech

• MADSON LINE G4 EmPower Airline Adapter for PowerBook G4 & iBook (Dual USB) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Therefore, foreign firms should be prepared to empower their agents to do so if necessary. (references)

With these improvements, they are able to empower their workers, who are then motivated into working more efficiently. (references)

These schemes will be implemented through an entrepreneurial finance division housed in the new Khomanani Equity Fund, which serves as a vehicle for other institutions to co-invest with the IDC in transactions that seek to empower people from the formerly disadvantaged communities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kuwait

The Constitution provides for freedom of the press, printing, and publishing "in accordance with the conditions and manner specified by law," and, with a few exceptions, citizens are free to criticize the Government at public meetings and in the media; however, several laws empower the Government to impose restrictions on freedom of speech and the press and journalists practice self-censorship. (references)

Economic History

Nepal

The laws also empower the government to halt a strike or suspend a union's activities if the union disturbs the peace or adversely affects the nation's economic interests. (references)

Thailand

U.S. firms should be aware that while the purchasing company may simply accept the lowest bid that meets specifications, it may also attempt to bargain with one or more of the lowest bidders to negotiate better terms . Therefore, U.S. firms should be prepared to empower their agents to take measures to increase competitiveness . On major contracts, it is advisable to have an American representative for such bargaining . In addition, the public agencies may request credit in their procurement tenders . A supplier who offers credit will have a better chance of winning bids . Sales without credit are sometimes made if other factors such as price, quality, and delivery schedules are of greater importance. (references)

Political Economy

SOUTH AFRICA

Many U.S. companies operating in South Africa already have significant programs that support and empower HDIs and could therefore fare well in this system. (references)

Pakistan

The Government has aimed to empower women by increasing women's participation in government, reserving one-third of the seats on local governing bodies for women. (references)

Political Rights

Bangladesh

Until April when the constitutional provision that provided parliamentary participation for them expired, 30 legislative seats were reserved for women appointed by majority vote in Parliament; critics charged that these seats acted far less to empower women than to enhance the ruling party's majority. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

USAID programs promote democratic reform by helping to: 1) develop competitive and fair political processes, including elections; 2) support the emergence of laws and legal institutions that support and embody democratic processes; 3) strengthen local government to make it effective, responsive and accountable to citizens; 4) empower citizens to participate actively in the political and economic life of their communities through non-governmental organizations, through democratically-structured political parties, and independent trade unions; and 5) strengthen independent media. (references)

Women

Albania

Some of these groups have been successful in promoting public awareness regarding domestic violence and implementing programs to empower women; however, their ability to lobby the Government and other prominent individuals to institute actual change in government policies and practices remained negligible. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "empower": empower smb. to do smth.. Additional references.

Albanian

i jap mundësi të, autorizoj (authorise, authorize, commission, license, warrant). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فوض (accredit, authorise, authorize, commission, delegate, deputize, entrust), ‏منح سلطة, ‏وكل (authorise, authorize), ‏أعطى سلطات واسعة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

упълномощавам (accredit, authorise, authorize, commission, delegate, enable, entitle, warrant), давам възможност (permit), давам право (enable, privilege). (various references)

Chinese 

授权 (authorisation, Authorization, Empowered, Empowering). (various references)

Czech

zmocnit (authorize, commission, enable). (various references)

Farsi 

قدرت دادن , وکالت دادن (Delegate), صاحب اختیاروقدرت کردن , اختیاردادن (Accredit, Authorize, Enable). (various references)

Finnish

valtuuttaa (authorize). (various references)

French

habiliter. (various references)

German

ermächtigen (authorize, capacitate, enable, legitimating, to capacitate). (various references)

Greek 

εξουσιοδοτώ (accredit, authorise, authorize, delegate, depute, entitle, warrant). (various references)

Hebrew 

ליפות כח (authorise, authorize, delegate), ל�"סמיך (associate, authorise, authorize, commission, qualify). (various references)

Hungarian

meghatalmaz (authorise, authorize, to authorise, to authorize, to delegate, to empower), képessé tesz (enable, to empower, to enable), feljogosít (entitle, franchise, licence, license, qualify, to authorise, to authorize, to empower, to entitle, to franchise, to qualify), felhatalmaz (authorise, authorize, depute, enable, entitle, licence, license, to authorise, to authorize, to depute, to empower). (various references)

Indonesian

menguatkan (aneal, consolidate, corroborate, evaporate, reinforce, strengthen), mempercakap (enable), memberi kuasa (endorse). (various references)

Italian

autorizzare (authorise, authorize, commission, entitle, let, licence, license, qualify, sanction, warrant). (various references)

Korean 

능� �을 주십시�". (various references)

Manx

pooaraghey (authorize), cur pooar da (enable). (various references)

Pig Latin

empoweray

Portuguese

loja (boutique, company, outlier, premium, repository, shop, store, toy shop, warehouse), autorizar (acknowledge, allow, authorise, authorize, commission, enable, entitled, licence, license, permit, sanction, warrant). (various references)

Romanian

permite (accord, admit, afford, allow, authorise, authorize, enable, grant, indulge in, let, license, permit, permit of), autoriza (allow, authorise, authorize, commission, constitute, enable, license, sanction), acredita (accredit, authorise, authorize, credit), împuternici (accredit, authorise, authorize, commission, depute, enable, invest, warrant). (various references)

Russian 

уполномочивать (accredit, authorise, authorize, authorized to). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

osposobiti (capacitate, fit out, habilitate, train), opunomoćiti (authorise, authorize, depute). (various references)

Spanish

autorizar (accredit, allow, approve, authorise, authorize, certify, entitle, licence, license, warrant). (various references)

Swedish

bemyndiga (authorize, commission, delegate). (various references)

Thai

ให้อำนาจ (authorize). (various references)

Turkish

yetki vermek (accredit, authorise, authorize, capacitate, chair, create, enable, entitle, intitle, invest, licence, license, qualify, vest, vest with, warrant), izin vermek (allow, authorise, authorize, consent, enable, excuse, give smb. notice, give smb. the green light, indulge, let, licence, license, permit, permit of, sanction, suffer, warrant). (various references)

Ukranian 

уповноважувати (accredit, authorize, commission, delegate, warrant), дозволяти (admit, admit of, allow, assent, authorize, bear, certify, consent, let, licence, license, permit, tolerate). (various references)

Welsh

galluogi (enable). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "empower": empowered, empowering, empowerment, empowerments, empowers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Empower" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emporer, enpower. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: moper, mower, power, proem.

-3 letters: ewer, meow, mere, mope, more, omer, peer, perm, poem, pome, pore, pree, prom, prow, repo, romp, rope, weep, weer, were, wore, worm.

-4 letters: eme, ere, ewe, mew, mop, mor, mow, ope, ore, owe, pee, per, pew, pom, pow, pro, ree, rem, rep, roe, rom, row, wee, woe, wop.

-5 letters: em, er, me, mo, oe, om, op, or, ow, pe, re, we, wo.

+1 letter: empowers.

+2 letters: empowered, impowered.

+3 letters: empowering, superwomen.

+4 letters: empowerment.

+5 letters: empowerments.

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