Definitions for empower
ɛmˈpaʊ ərem·pow·er

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. empower, authorise, authorize(verb)

   give or delegate power or authority to

   "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

2. endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue(verb)

   give qualities or abilities to

GCIDE(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Empower(v. t.)

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

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. empower(Verb)

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

2. empower(Verb)

   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.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Empower(verb)

   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. Empower(verb)

   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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Empower

   em-pow′ėr, v.t. to authorise.

How to pronounce empower?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

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. Nancy Popovich:

   You have to give up control and empower people around you.

2. Emmy Adams:

   The idea is to unite and empower survivors, to stand together.

3. Ted Cruz:

   The answer is not to muzzle citizens. It is to empower citizens.

4. Nancy Popovich:

   Larry Rosen have to give up control and empower people around Larry Rosen.

5. Les Brown, Communication Bulletin for Managers & Supervisors, June 2004:

   Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.

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