All 3 Uses
empower
in
The Hate U Give
(Edited)
- The Panthers educated and empowered the people.
p. 167.6empowered = 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.
p. 167.7empowering = giving knowledge or confidence that helps others to take more control of their lives
- Nat Turner empowered and educated other slaves, and it led to one of the biggest slave revolts in history.
p. 167.8 *empowered = gave knowledge or confidence that helps others to take more control of their liveseditor's notes: Nat Turner was the leader of 1831 U.S. slave rebellion in Virginia in which slave owners and their families were killed and slaves freed. About 60 whites were killed and then about 175 African Americans in sometimes indiscriminate reprisals.
Definitions:
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(1)
(empower) give or delegate authority or power to
or:
give knowledge or confidence to someone that permits doing something - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)