different between designate vs empower

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin designatus, past participle of designare. Doublet of design.

Pronunciation

• (adjective) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?z??.n?t/, /?d?z??.ne?t/
• (verb) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?z??.ne?t/

Adjective

designate (not comparable)

1. Designated; appointed; chosen.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir G. Buck to this entry?)

2. (Britain) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.

Verb

designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)

1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description

2. To call by a distinctive title; to name.
3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

Synonyms

• (mark out and make known): denote, describe, indicate, note
• (call by a distinctive title): denominate, entitle, name, style; see also Thesaurus:denominate
• (set apart for a purpose or duty): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart

Derived terms

• designated driver
• designated hitter

Related terms

• codesignative
• designation
• designative
• designatum

Translations

Further reading

• designate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• designate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Interlingua

Participle

designate

1. past participle of designar

Italian

Verb

designate

1. second-person plural present and imperative of designare
2. feminine plural of designato

Adjective

designate

1. feminine plural of designato

Anagrams

• disegnate
• sdegniate

Latin

Verb

d?sign?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?sign?

References

• designate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• designate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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