empower
verb (used with object)
Origin of empower
Synonyms for empower
Related Words for empowered
vest, entitle, grant, legitimize, allow, permit, entrust, okay, license, invest, charge, commission, qualify, delegate, sanction, privilege, warrant, accredit, capacitateExamples from the Web for empowered
Contemporary Examples of empowered
Empowered, educated women actually marry more than disempowered, less-educated one.
The Real Enemy of Marital Bliss Are Those Most Opposed to Marriage EqualityJay Michaelson
October 25, 2014
For them to be empowered; to be something other than victims of their gender.
We felt strong and empowered and hugged each other in celebration and recognition of our emotional and physical accomplishments.
Motherless Daughters and Parentless Parents Trek to the Andes to Aid OrphansAllison Gilbert
August 21, 2014
Ramis and Aykroyd want it both ways: an empowered heroine, and the standard damsel in distress.
When I ask Thurman if Joe strikes her as an “empowered woman,” she pauses.
Uma Thurman on ‘Nymphomaniac,’ Lars von Trier’s Alleged Misogyny, and Women’s Sexual Double-StandardMarlow Stern
March 17, 2014
Historical Examples of empowered
Away he posted directly to an attorney's who was empowered to dispose of the land.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
By means of this he is empowered to assume what form he pleases.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
And to be the right person you must be empowered, according to Lucy.
Love and LucyMaurice Henry Hewlett
My eyes suddenly cleared as if I had been empowered with miraculous vision.
The O'RuddyStephen Crane
Mr. Boltay has empowered me to satisfy any claim whatever that may be made upon him.
A Hungarian NabobMaurus Jkai