All 3 Uses of
empower
in
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
- But as the same constitution which gives the commons a power to check the king by withholding the supplies, gives afterwards the king a power to check the commons, by empowering him to reject their other bills; it again supposes that the king is wiser than those whom it has already supposed to be wiser than him.†
Chpt 1.empowering = giving authority, power, knowledge, or confidence to someone so they can do something
- There is something exceedingly ridiculous in the composition of monarchy; it first excludes a man from the means of information, yet empowers him to act in cases where the highest judgment is required.†
Chpt 1. *empowers = gives authority, power, knowledge, or confidence to someone so they can do something
- The members of Congress, Assemblies, or Conventions, by having had experience in national concerns, will be able and useful counsellors, and the whole, being empowered by the people, will have a truly legal authority.†
Chpt 3.empowered = gave authority, power, knowledge, or confidence to someone so they could do something
Definition:
give or delegate authority or power to
or:
give knowledge or confidence to someone that permits doing something
or:
give knowledge or confidence to someone that permits doing something