Definition of "empowered" []

• Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation. (adjective)
• Acting with confidence. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of empower. (verb)

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• "The IRS again empowered to enforce the limitation."
• "Davis may be feeling empowered from the radical anti-immigrant law passed by the Arizona legislature, which requires police to attempt to determine the immigration status of anyone they encounter as part of a “lawful contact.”"
• "Don, who was feeling confident and empowered, is not taking any of it."