ennoble

[ en-noh-buhl ]

verb (used with object)

, en·no·bled, en·no·bling.

1. to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt:

   a personality ennobled by true generosity.

2. to confer a title of nobility on.

ennoble

/ ɪˈnəʊbəl /

verb

1. to make noble, honourable, or excellent; dignify; exalt
2. to raise to a noble rank; confer a title of nobility upon

Derived Forms

• enˈnoblement, noun
• enˈnobler, noun
• enˈnobling, adjective

Other Words From

• en·noble·ment noun
• en·nobler noun
• en·nobling·ly adverb
• unen·nobled adjective
• unen·nobling adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ennoble¹

1425–75; late Middle English ennobelen < Middle French, Old French ennoblir. See en- ¹, noble

Example Sentences

Buddhism failed to ennoble the daily occupations of life, and produced drones and idlers and religious vagabonds.

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You will have cares,—and even those will ennoble the world to you, and you to the world.

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This hero of her romance, this artist whom she was to ennoble by her love, was not even an honest man.

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I want to recover faith in my mission, in my power to ennoble human souls.

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He believes that the Novel should strengthen life, not undermine it; ennoble, not defile it; for it is good tidings, not evil.

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