D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

empowered

· IPA /ɪmpˈaʊərd/
01 adj. invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.
  1. 1.
    invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.
  2. 2.
    enabled or permitted; as, the women's liberation movement empowered wives to take more control of their own lives.