different between depute vs empower

English

Etymology

From French députer, from Latin deputo.

Pronunciation

• Verb:
  • IPA^(key): /d?.?pju?t/
  • Rhymes: -u?t
• Noun:
  • IPA^(key): /?d?.pju?t/
  • Rhymes: -u?t

Verb

depute (third-person singular simple present deputes, present participle deputing, simple past and past participle deputed)

1. (obsolete) to assign (someone or something) to or for something
2. to delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate
   • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 229:

     Will Wyatt having moved up a notch, the project was deputed to a second team of producers whose judgement I didn't trust.

3. to deputize (someone), appoint as deputy

   • There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
4. to appoint; to assign; to choose
   • c. 1675, Isaac Barrow, The Duty of Thanksgiving

     The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues.

Related terms

Noun

depute (plural deputes)

1. (Scotland) deputy

Anagrams

• teed up

Portuguese

Verb

depute

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of deputar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of deputar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of deputar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of deputar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?pute/, [d?e?pu.t?e]

Verb

depute

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of deputar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of deputar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of deputar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of deputar.

English

Alternative forms

• empowre (archaic)
• impower (archaic)
• impowre (obsolete)

Etymology

em- +? power

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??(?)

• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Verb

empower (third-person singular simple present empowers, present participle empowering, simple past and past participle empowered)

1. (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
2. (transitive) 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.

Synonyms

• (give permission to): allow, let, permit
• (give confidence to): inspire

Antonyms

• (give permission to): ban, bar, forbid, prohibit
• (give confidence to): disempower, dishearten, disspirit

Derived terms

• empowerment

Translations

Anagrams

• empowre