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disempower en · VERB

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English empower English disempower From dis- + empower.

To strip power from (someone or some group), as: ▸ To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
- A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create among them a sort of passivity that is close to inertia. 1990, Editors: Tim Brighouse and Bob Moon, Managing the National Curriculum, Harlow: Longman Group UK Ltd, page 97
To strip power from (someone or some group), as: ▸ To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
- The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy.

Spelling	Features	Source
disempowers	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
disempowering	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
disempowered	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
disempowered	Tense=Past	lexicographic