ennoble
verb (used with object)
to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt.
ennobled
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past participleof ennoble.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ennoble.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
ennobleverb (used with object)to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt.
Example Sentences
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Better to live in a world where freedom of expression is ubiquitous than one where the “truth” is told to us by a few ennobled journalists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
When her husband was ennobled some years earlier, she was entitled to be called Lady Kinnock - but it was a title she never used.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023
But on the very eve of publication, Trevor-Roper, who had been ennobled as Baron Dacre, called to say he had changed his mind and now felt they were forgeries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
And that is the thing about generative AI and language learning models: They exist only by feeding on the ennobled human soul.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2023
These opportunities, therefore, made these men successful, and their outstanding virtue enabled them to recognize that opportunity, whereby their nation was ennobled and became extremely happy.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
