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  • 51empowerment — empower, empowerment Empower is a 17c verb meaning ‘to give power or authority to’. In the 1970s it acquired a new meaning, ‘to make (someone) able to do something’, implying the freedom to adopt moral values and principles of one s choice as… …

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  • 52Empowered — Empower Em*pow er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empowered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Empowering}.] 1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 53Empowering — Empower Em*pow er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empowered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Empowering}.] 1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 54empowerment — empower, empowerment → empoderar(se) …

    Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • 55empowerment — empower ► VERB 1) give authority or power to; authorize. 2) give strength and confidence to. DERIVATIVES empowerment noun …

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  • 56Emergy — The term Emergy was originally coined by David M. Scienceman in collaboration with the late Howard T. Odum. H.T.Odum used emergy to mean both sequestered energy and emergent property of energy use [ H.T.Odum, 1988,… …

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  • 57Congress WBN — Founder(s) Dr. Noel Woodroffe Founded 1994 Location Port of Spain, Trinidad Tobago Area served Worldwide …

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  • 58DJ Empress — Empress (born Christina Ingram) is DJ, artist, producer, songwriter, musician, vocalist, bandleader, songwriter, and label owner. She began her DJ career in the American northeast in 1996. Empress was the first American DJ to perform in London’s… …

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  • 59authorize — au·tho·rize / ȯ thə ˌrīz/ vt rized, riz·ing 1: to give permission to 2: to give authority to act to au·tho·ri·za·tion /ˌȯ thə rə zā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …

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  • 60delegate — del·e·gate 1 / de li gət/ n [Medieval Latin delegatus, from Latin, past participle of delegare to appoint, put in charge]: a person empowered to act on behalf of another: as a: a person who is authorized to perform another s duties under a… …

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