Both Uses of
empower
in
Carrie, by Stephen King
- Q. Miss Snell, this body is empowered to cite you for contempt if you refuse to answer on any other grounds than Constitutional ones.†
*empowered = gave authority, power, knowledge, or confidence to someone so they could do something
- A. I don't care what you're empowered to do.†
Definition:
give or delegate authority or power to
or:
give knowledge or confidence to someone that permits doing something
or:
give knowledge or confidence to someone that permits doing something