Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
empowered \empowered\ adj.
1. invested with legal power or official authority especially
as symbolized by having a scepter.
Syn: sceptered, sceptred.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. enabled or permitted; as, the women's liberation movement
empowered wives to take more control of their own lives.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
empowered
adj 1: invested with legal power or official authority
especially as symbolized by having a scepter [syn:
{empowered}, {sceptered}, {sceptred}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย