Empower. Commission, authorize, warrant, qualify; enable, encourage; delegate, sanction, direct.
Ant. Hinder, prevent, discourage, disqualify, disable; recall, revoke, withdraw.
Empty, a. Void, without contents, vacant, unoccupied; destitute, devoid; unsupplied, unfurnished, unfilled; unsatisfactory, vain, hollow, unsubstantial; desolate, waste, deserted, uninhabited; senseless, weak, frivolous; clear, unencumbered, unobstructed, vacuous, untenanted, evacuated; silly, idle, deficient.
Ant. Full, occupied, inhabited, colonized, obstructed, encumbered; cultivated, informed, well-instructed, sensible, experienced; significant, important, forcible, substantial.
Emulation. Rivalry, desire to excel, exceed, or surpass, competition; jealousy, envy, contention; vying, aspiration, contest.
Ant. Stagnation, inactivity, dulness; contempt, disregard, disdain, disaffection; abandonment, resignation, discouragement.
Enable. Empower, strengthen, qualify, make capable, capacitate, invigorate.
Ant. Weaken, disqualify, incapacitate, disable, hinder.
Enact. Decree, establish by law, ordain; play, personate, represent, act, feign, dissimulate; pass.
Ant. Abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, repeal, rescind, expunge.