empower
verbEtymology
Definitions
To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
- Regulations have been made under the Civil Aviation Acts of 1949, 1980 and 1982 which empower Inspectors of Accidents to do these things.
To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them…
To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
- John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations.
- Musically, what originally attracted me to dance was its shamanist aspects, using natural magic to change people's neurological states and to psychologically empower them.
- This side of the training is effective in empowering employees to make better decisions on site, and helps to improve employee retention.
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Derived
empowered, empoweree, empowerer, empowering, empowerment, misempower
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at empower. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at empower. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at empower
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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