empowered : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: empowered	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for empowered
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
empowered adj invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter Synonym(s): empowered, sceptered, sceptred
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Empower \Empow"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empowered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Empowering}.] 1. 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. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to. [bd]These eyes . . . empowered to gaze.[b8] --Keble.