empower
Other forms: empowered; empowering; empowers
Empower means "give power or authority to." When you educate children and believe in them, you empower those kids to go after their dreams.
Empower might seem like a new word, but it's been around since the 17th century. Today, empower often refers to helping someone realize their abilities and potential, perhaps for the first time. For example, in the 1960s, when women felt like second-class citizens, the women's movement empowered them to stand up and demand their equal rights.
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give or delegate power or authority to
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give someone confidence, strength, and self-determination
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give qualities or abilities to
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Vocabulary lists containing empower
Deo and his brother Innocent are forced to flee their village in Zimbabwe.
The Treaty of Paris officially concluded the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and David Hartley represented the United States in the negotiations that led to the signature of the treaty on September 3, 1783. In the document, the British Crown acknowledged America’s existence as a free, sovereign nation, and ceded nearly all the formerly British territory east of the Mississippi to the United States. Congress voted to approve the treaty on January 14, 1784, which is now celebrated as Ratification Day.
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