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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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Use "empowered" in a sentence
  • "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."