ennoble
verb (used with object)
to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt.
had ennobled
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past perfectof ennoble.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By 1585 he had ennobled him for his services to painting, giving him land, an honoured position at court and changing his name to Farrukh Beg – Lord Farrukh.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2012
The nation, the sovereign who had ennobled him, had ennobled a son of toil.
From Froth by Armando Palacio Vald?s
A militant idealism had ennobled his fighting as it now exalted his preaching.
From Virginia by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
He had thought of Rose like a queen or a princess, and the thought had ennobled his boyish ignorance and commonness.
From Pembroke A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
"I was not aware," said Lorenzi, with offensive gravity, "that the King of France had ennobled Signor Casanova."
From Casanova's Homecoming by Cedar Paul
