Associations to the word «Empowered»

Wiktionary

EMPOWER, verb. (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
EMPOWER, 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.

Dictionary definition

EMPOWER, verb. Give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers".
EMPOWER, verb. Give qualities or abilities to.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats