ennoble
to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt: a personality ennobled by true generosity.
to confer a title of nobility on.
Origin of ennoble
1Other words from ennoble
- en·no·ble·ment, noun
- en·no·bler, noun
- en·no·bling·ly, adverb
- un·en·no·bled, adjective
- un·en·no·bling, adjective
Words Nearby ennoble
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How to use ennoble in a sentence
Buddhism failed to ennoble the daily occupations of life, and produced drones and idlers and religious vagabonds.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordYou will have cares,—and even those will ennoble the world to you, and you to the world.
An Old Man's Love | Anthony TrollopeThis hero of her romance, this artist whom she was to ennoble by her love, was not even an honest man.
Marion Arleigh's Penance | Charlotte M. BraemeI want to recover faith in my mission, in my power to ennoble human souls.
He believes that the Novel should strengthen life, not undermine it; ennoble, not defile it; for it is good tidings, not evil.
Essays on Modern Novelists | William Lyon Phelps
British Dictionary definitions for ennoble
/ (ɪˈnəʊbəl) /
to make noble, honourable, or excellent; dignify; exalt
to raise to a noble rank; confer a title of nobility upon
Derived forms of ennoble
- ennoblement, noun
- ennobler, noun
- ennobling, adjective
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