All 3 Uses of
empower
in
Common Sense
- But as the same constitution which gives the commons a power to check the king by withholding the supplies, gives afterwards the king a power to check the commons, by empowering him to reject their other bills; it again supposes that the king is wiser than those whom it has already supposed to be wiser than him.†
Chpt 1.
- There is something exceedingly ridiculous in the composition of monarchy; it first excludes a man from the means of information, yet empowers him to act in cases where the highest judgment is required.†
Chpt 1. *
- The members of Congress, Assemblies, or Conventions, by having had experience in national concerns, will be able and useful counsellors, and the whole, being empowered by the people, will have a truly legal authority.†
Chpt 3.
Definition:
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(empower) give or delegate authority or power to
or:
give knowledge or confidence to someone that permits doing something