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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to. “These eyes . . . empowered to gaze.” Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. to enable or permit; to give more opportunity for independent action. [ PJC ]
(v) authorize, See also:empower, give a proxy to, Ant.รับมอบฉันทะ, Example: เพื่อนมอบฉันทะให้ฉันไปลงทะเบียนแทน, Thai Definition: ไว้ธุระด้วยความวางใจ, ยินยอมให้ทำแทนโดยมีหลักฐาน
[たしらか, tashiraka] (n) (arch) fired earthenware vessel used by the empower to clean his hands [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Empower \Em*pow"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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities
to. "These eyes . . . empowered to gaze." --Keble.
[1913 Webster]
3. to enable or permit; to give more opportunity for
independent action.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
empower
v 1: give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her
assistant to sign the papers" [syn: {empower}, {authorise},
{authorize}]
2: give qualities or abilities to [syn: {endow}, {indue},
{gift}, {empower}, {invest}, {endue}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
