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ennobling

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en·no·ble  (n-nbl)
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.
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Adj.1.ennobling - investing with dignity or honor; "the dignifying effect of his presence"; "the ennobling influence of cultural surroundings"
dignifying
noble - having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds"
2.ennobling - tending to exalt; "an exalting eulogy"; "ennobling thoughts"
exalting
inspiring - stimulating or exalting to the spirit
Translations
ennobling [ɪnˈnəʊbəlɪŋ] adj → ennoblissant(e)


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Unconsciously on her side, unconsciously on his side, she now wrought on his nature with a purifying and ennobling influence which animated it with a new life.
My Lady's Money by Collins, Wilkie View in context
After the mystery, difficulty, and uncertainty of dealing with the other sex, intercourse with one's own is apt to have a composing and even ennobling influence, since plain speaking is possible and subterfuges of no avail.
Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context
I am sure I loved that baby quite as truly, quite as tenderly, with greater purity and more disinterestedness, than can enter into the best love of a later time of life, high and ennobling as it is.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
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