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   ennoble

   /ɪˈnəʊbl/

   verb

   • 1. give (someone) a noble rank or title: "they receive life baronies on appointment unless they are already ennobled" Similar elevate to the nobility/peerageraise to the nobility/peeragemake/create someone a noblesend to the House of Lordsinformal:kick upstairsarchaic:nobilitate
   • 2. lend greater dignity or nobility of character to: "the theatre is a moral instrument to ennoble the mind" Similar dignifyhonourbestow honour onexaltelevateraiseenhanceadd distinction toadd dignity todistinguishadd lustre tomagnifyglorifylionizemake loftyaggrandizeupgradeOpposite demeandisennoble

   Word Origin late 15th century (formerly also as innoble): from French ennoblir, from en- (expressing a change of state) + noble ‘noble’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ennoblement noun

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