verb [oftenpassive]
1 (formal) to give sb the power or authority to do sth
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[VNtoinf] The courts were empowered to impose the death sentence for certain crimes. [also VN]
2 to give sb more control over their own life or the situation they are in:
[VN] The movement actively empowered women and gave them confidence in themselves. [also VNtoinf]
empowerment noun [U]:
the empowerment of the individual
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for empower is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does empower appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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