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Meanings of empowered in anglès

Invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.

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        Examples for "sceptred"
        Examples for "sceptred"
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        Once more he held sceptred sway over races long since in oblivion.
        AE in the Irish Theosophist
        2
        Men will not kneel to sceptred slaves, nor freemen fight for tyrants' tools.
        The Days of Bruce: A Story from Scottish History. Vol. 1
        3
        Caligula was both, sceptred at that; and with what a sceptre!
        Imperial Purple
        4
        I have crowned and sceptred him, and right royally he rules!
        St. Elmo
        5
        This sceptred misanthrope possessed it, and it was in that his wife was blessed.
        Imperial Purple
        1
        There wasn't a knight in either team who wasn't a sceptered sovereign.
        A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
        2
        Every one is robed, sceptered, and crowned, and every one wears the purple of authority.
        Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I / Including His Answe...
        3
        The dead but sceptered sovereigns who still rule
        The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862
        4
        Choosing a mere 10 is a challenge, but here are some delightful eyebrow-raisers of the sceptered isle.
        BBC
        5
        Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne a sceptered hermit, wrapped in the solitude of his own originality.
        The American Union Speaker
        Usage of empowered in anglès
        1
        However, they have since been empowered by a ruling earlier this year.
        The South African
        2
        The 2010 Dodd-Frank law empowered it with tools to address emerging concerns.
        Reuters
        3
        Do you feel empowered? he goes on to ask in the video.
        Ebony
        4
        The Marine-Hospital Service should be empowered to study leprosy in the islands.
        State of the Union Addresses
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        Finally, private sector organisations would be empowered to deliver testing in workplaces.
        The Guardian
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        But I take Parry's point about empowered audiences: theatre crowds seldom heckle.
        The Guardian
        7
        The Pacific was increasingly empowered but beset with dilemmas, Mr Tuilaepa said.
        Radio NZ
        8
        I believe he was empowered to do that because of the culture.
        The Guardian
        9
        They simply won't turn up if they're not empowered and meaningfully engaged.
        The Guardian
        10
        It empowered individuals to defy authority when it crossed a certain line.
        How the scots invented the modern world: the true story of how w...
        11
        This will help you feel connected and empowered as you settle in.
        The South African
        12
        I am come as envoy from the capital, empowered to discuss terms.'
        Return of the Crimson Guard
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        He's empowered me to look out for his interests in this matter.
        The burglar who painted like mondrian
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        I want my daughters, to be empowered, safe and recognised as individuals.
        Radio NZ
        15
        The Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence is empowered by exemplary legislation.
        The South African
        16
        And if so, is the supreme court empowered to make that decision?
        The Guardian
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