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empower
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)
- (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
- (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
empower From the web:
- what empowers you
- what empowered me today
- what empower means
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- what empowers you to be your best self
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- what empowers you as a woman
constitute
English
Etymology
From Latin constitutum, past participle of constituere. Constructed from the prefix con- and statuere (“to place, set”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?nst?tju?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?nst?t(j)u?t/
Verb
constitute (third-person singular simple present constitutes, present participle constituting, simple past and past participle constituted)
- (transitive) To set up; to establish; to enact.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- (transitive) To make up; to compose; to form.
- 1779–81, Samuel Johnson, "Abraham Cowley" in Lives of the Most Eminent English Poet
- Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
- 1779–81, Samuel Johnson, "Abraham Cowley" in Lives of the Most Eminent English Poet
- (transitive) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
- Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
Synonyms
- (set up): establish, enact
- (make up): make up, compose, form; see also Thesaurus:compose
- (appoint):
Related terms
- constituent
- constituency
- constitution
- constitutional
- constitutionalization
- constitutive
Translations
Noun
constitute (plural constitutes)
- (obsolete) An established law.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of T. Preston to this entry?)
Further reading
- constitute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- constitute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Noun
c?nstit?te
- vocative singular of c?nstit?tus
References
- constitute in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Scots
Verb
constitute (third-person singular present constitutes, present participle constitutein, past constitutet, past participle constitutet)
- To constitute.
constitute From the web:
- what constitutes a fever
- what constitutes a pandemic
- what constitutes exposure to covid
- what constitutes a solar system
- what constitutes harassment
- what constitutes a hostile work environment
- what constitutes treason
- what constitutes a small business
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