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Antonyms for empowering

Grammar : Verb
Spell : em-pou-er
Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈpaʊ ər


Definition of empowering

Origin :
  • 1650s, used by Milton, but the modern popularity dates from 1986; from en- (1) + power. Related: Empowered; empowering; empowerment.
  • verb authorize, enable
Example sentences :
  • Your name shall not be alluded to as empowering me to plead for her help.
  • Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith
  • About the year 1698 an act of parliament was obtained, empowering the inhabitants to build a new church.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. » by Various
  • Clause 69, empowering Vestries, &c., to compel supply of water to houses.
  • Extract from : « Fifth Report of the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea [1860-1] » by Charles Lahee
  • Empowering him to enter into engagements on the part of the United States to discharge the loan raised in Holland.
  • Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI » by Various
  • He brought letters to a London Bank introducing him as the correspondent, and empowering him to draw certain moneys.'
  • Extract from : « The Ivory Gate, a new edition » by Walter Besant
  • We find, in 1737, a decree granted in favor of Sieur Massie, empowering him to establish a workshop of faience at Limoges.
  • Extract from : « The Ceramic Art » by Jennie J. Young
  • Empowering the justices at sessions, or the sheriff of the county, to settle their wages: and 5.
  • Extract from : « Commentaries on the Laws of England » by William Blackstone
  • That letters of marque should be issued to private individuals, empowering them to fit out vessels for the capture of slavers.
  • Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. » by E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
  • The king bound himself not to grant any writ, empowering a baron to levy aids from his vassals, except in the three feudal cases.
  • Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. » by David Hume
  • Empowering him to obtain a loan in Holland, in case Mr Adams should be prevented from attending to it.
  • Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII » by Various

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