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Definition

give or delegate authority or power to

or:

give knowledge or confidence to someone that permits doing something

The Constitution empowers the Vice President to cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate.

empowers = gives power or authority to

empowered = given knowledge or confidence that permits doing something

empowers = gives power

empowered = given power or authority

The General Law Amendment Act, better known as the Ninety-Day Detention Law, ... and empowered any police officer to detain any person without a warrant on grounds of suspicion of a political crime.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom

empowered = gave authority or power

Now, empowered to ask questions of utmost rudeness — and promised answers — he could, conceivably (though it was almost unimaginable), ask someone, some adult, his father perhaps: "Do you lie?"
Lois Lowry -- The Giver

empowered = given authority or power

If you would empower me to do it, I would do it for you with the greatest satisfaction!
Charles Dickens -- Bleak House

empower = give authority to

Is there an objection because the new Constitution empowers the Senate with the concurrence of the President to make treaties that are to be the laws of the land?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2

empowers = gives authority or power to

If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls.
Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin -- Three Cups of Tea

empower = give knowledge to someone that permits doing something

Nat Turner empowered and educated other slaves, and it led to one of the biggest slave revolts in history.
Angie Thomas -- The Hate U Give

empowered = gave knowledge or confidence that helps others to take more control of their lives

I am not empowered to trade your life for a lie.
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

empowered = given the authority or power

May this vial of water be empowered with thy spirit.
August Wilson -- The Piano Lesson

empowered = given power

I would tell him that you were empowered by me to discuss the matter.
Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot

empowered = given authority or power

Furthermore, this court is not empowered to make exceptions.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War

empowered = given authority or power

"You are the notary empowered to sell the country house that I wish to purchase, monsieur?" asked Monte Cristo.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo

empowered = given authority or power

He is also a deputy sheriff, empowered to investigate such accidents.
Louis L'Amour -- The Broken Gun

empowered = given authority or power

He often wins with more than 60 percent of the vote, and that popular support has empowered him to take bold action.
Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts

empowered = given power to

The Panthers educated and empowered the people.
Angie Thomas -- The Hate U Give

empowered = gave knowledge or confidence that helps others to take more control of their lives

That tactic of empowering the oppressed goes even further back than the Panthers though.
Angie Thomas -- The Hate U Give

empowering = giving knowledge or confidence that helps others to take more control of their lives

empowered = given authority or power

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