ennoble

en·no·ble (

n-n

tr.v. en·no·bled, en·no·bling, en·no·bles

1. To make noble: "that chastity of honor . . . which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil" (Edmund Burke).

2. To confer nobility upon: ennoble a prime minister for distinguished service.

[Middle English *ennoblen, from Old French ennoblir : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹ + noble, noble; see noble.]

en·noble·ment n.

en·nobler n.

ennoble [ɪˈnəʊb^əl]

vb (tr)

1. to make noble, honourable, or excellent; dignify; exalt

2. to raise to a noble rank; confer a title of nobility upon

ennoblement n

ennobler n

ennobling adj

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Verb	1.	ennoble - confer dignity or honor upon; "He was dignified with a title" dignify honor, honour, reward - bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"
	2.	ennoble - give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility gentle, entitle elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" baronetise, baronetize - confer baronetcy upon; "He was baronetized for his loyalty to the country" lord - make a lord of someone knight, dub - raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"

ennoble

verb

1. dignify, honour, enhance, elevate, magnify, raise, glorify, exalt, aggrandize the fundamental principles of life which ennoble mankind

2. raise to the peerage, kick upstairs (informal), make noble He had been ennobled for arranging a government loan in 1836.

Translations

ennoble [ɪˈnəʊbl] VT → ennoblecer

ennoble [ɪnˈnəʊb^əl] vt

(= make nobler) [+ person, human condition] → ennoblir
to be ennobled by sth → être ennobli(e) par qch

(= give title to) [+ person] → anoblir

ennoble

vt (lit) → adeln, in den Adelsstand erheben; (fig) mind, person → erheben (geh)

ennoble [ɪˈnəʊbl] vt → nobilitare; (with title) → conferire un titolo nobiliare a

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So too the poet, in representing men who are irascible or indolent, or have other defects of character, should preserve the type and yet ennoble it.

The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context

I hope, therefore, no man will, by the grossest misunderstanding or perversion of my meaning, misrepresent me, as endeavouring to cast any ridicule on the greatest perfections of human nature; and which do, indeed, alone purify and ennoble the heart of man, and raise him above the brute creation.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

Mademoiselle de Montalais, of a half noble family, not only would be dowered, but would ennoble Malicorne.

Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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