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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 Lords
    • 2. lend greater dignity or nobility of character to: "the theatre is a moral instrument to ennoble the mind" Similar dignifyhonourbestow honour onexaltOpposite demeandisennoble

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  2. The meaning of ENNOBLE is to make noble : elevate. How to use ennoble in a sentence.

  3. ENNOBLE definition: 1. to make someone a member of the nobility (= highest social rank) 2. to make something or someone…. Learn more.

  4. Ennoble definition: to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt. See examples of ENNOBLE used in a sentence.

  5. ennoble. To ennoble someone or something means to make them more dignified and morally better. ...the enduring fundamental principles of life that ennoble mankind. [VERB noun] ...the ennobling and civilizing power of education. If someone is ennobled, they are made a member of the nobility.

  6. 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.

  7. ENNOBLE meaning: 1. to make someone a member of the nobility (= highest social rank) 2. to make something or someone…. Learn more.

  8. One way to use the verb ennoble is to mean, literally, "make someone a noble or a member of the nobility." It can also mean "bestow or lend dignity to" or "make dignified." You could say, "Reading great books ennobles the mind," or "Treating others with kindness ennobles a person."

  9. To ennoble someone or something means to make them more dignified and morally better.

  10. Definition of ennoble verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. Aug 19, 2024 · ennoble (third-person singular simple present ennobles, present participle ennobling, simple past and past participle ennobled) To bestow with nobility, honour or grace. Synonyms: elevate, invest, knight, lord.

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