Definitions for empower
ɛmˈpaʊ ərem·pow·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. empower, authorise, authorizeverb

   give or delegate power or authority to

   "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

2. endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endueverb

   give qualities or abilities to

GCIDERate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Empowerverb

   to enable or permit; to give more opportunity for independent action.

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. empowerverb

   To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.

2. empowerverb

   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.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Empowerverb

   Etymology: from power.

   1. To authorise; to commission; to give power or authority to any purpose.

   You are empowered, when you please, to give the final decision of wit. John Dryden, Juv. Dedication.

   The government shall be empowered to grant commissions to all Protestants whatsoever. Jonathan Swift, on the Sacram. Test.

   2. To give natural force; to enable.

   Does not the same power that enables them to heal, empower them to destroy? Thomas Baker, Reflexions on Learning.

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1. EMPOWER

   EMPOWER ("Education Means Protection Of Women Engaged in Recreation"), also known as Centre for Sex Workers' Protection or Moolniti Songserm Okard Pooying (Thai: มูลนิธิส่งเสริมโอกาสผู้หญิง), is a non-profit organization in Thailand that supports sex workers by offering free classes in language, health, law and pre-college education, as well as individual counselling. The organization also lobbies the government to extend regular labor protections to sex workers and to decriminalize sex work. The organization maintains centres in Patpong (Bangkok), Chiang Mai, Mae Sai and Patong, Phuket.

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1. empower

   Empower refers to the act of giving someone the authority or power to do something; make them stronger or more confident, especially in controlling their life or asserting their rights. It signifies the process of becoming stronger or more independent.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Empowerverb

   to give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor

2. Empowerverb

   to give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to

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1. EMPOWER

   EMPOWER, also known as Centre for Sex Workers' Protection or Moolniti Songserm Okard Pooying, is a non-profit organisation in Thailand that supports sex workers by offering free classes in language, health, law and pre-college education as well as individual counseling. The organisation also lobbies the government to extend regular labour protections to sex workers and to legalize prostitution. EMPOWER was founded in 1985 by Chantawipa Apisuk; she still serves as the organisation's director and runs the head office in Nonthaburi Province. The organisation maintains centers in Patpong, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Mae Sai and Patong Beach, Phuket. Unlike most Thai organisations operating in this field, EMPOWER takes a neutral stance towards sex work and does not pressure people to leave the trade. Partly because of this, EMPOWER receives little financial support from the Thai government; the bulk of the donations come from abroad. In 2003 the organisation published a report stating that many anti-trafficking organisations failed to recognize the important difference between migrant sex workers and women forced to prostitute themselves against their will. They documented a May 2003 "raid and rescue" operation on a brothel in Chiang Mai that was carried out by TRAFCORD with support by the International Justice Mission. The operation was carried out without the consent of the sex workers and resulted in numerous human rights violations. IJM subsequently ended its countertrafficking work in Thailand. Chantawipa Apisuk has said that in her opinion these raids and the following arrests and stigmatization only worsen the situation of most prostitutes.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Empower

   em-pow′ėr, v.t. to authorise.

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1. empower

   To provide the authority, power and legislative right to a person or group of people.

   The unity government ensure the empowerment of workers rights, human rights and equal rights.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 22, 2020  

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of empower in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of empower in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of empower in a Sentence

1. Carlos Curbelo:

   This institution should be driven by courage, not by cowardice, and the goal should not be to suppress members from pursuing their legislative goals, it should be to empower each member, and that's what we're trying to do, the goal is to empower each member of the House, including the speaker, to advance the solution that each member believes is the best one for this challenge and to try to gain supporters for that solution. So this is not in defiance of anyone.

2. Roger Stone:

   I am one who had publicly defended Bannon from false charges of racism and anti-Semitism yet I have concluded he is a spent force, never being willing to spend his political capital to help his friends and in some cases helping empower the very globalists he claims to oppose.

3. Michael Mina:

   If we actually got these tests into the average American's home and we asked every American to use a test twice a week, it takes 30 seconds to use -- as you brush your teeth, you use a Covid test -- that would be enough to empower people to know their status, and if they are positive, they would be able to essentially know that they're positive and make the appropriate changes.

4. Tom Joyner:

   Twenty-five years ago, there was no template for a syndicated Urban radio show and we worked hard to prove that we could successfully produce and market a national platform that would entertain, inform and empower African-American listeners.

5. Mickey Mehta:

   With every sunrise make wishes which serve larger interest, and so shall be done. Good morning everyone. Empower your self absorbing sun rays between your eyes, and with every sunrise, simply MickeyMize.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=empower
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=empower
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Empower
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=empower
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empower
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empower
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=empower
9. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=empower