ennoble
verb (used with object)
to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt.
have ennobled
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present perfectof ennoble.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In many ways, Edwards had the kind of inspiring backstory that might have ennobled her image as a whistleblower.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
As an English major, I would never have ennobled that foundling hero, and the misattribution made me suspicious of what I read in The Times for a good while.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2020
Timid as I am, I was ever tempted to select a plain and common-place career, which I might have ennobled inwardly.
From Recollections of My Youth by Ernest Renan
But, unwittingly, I have ennobled, by grand historical comparisons, this prying, pettifogging, Irish-informer of a master-at-arms.
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Herman Melville
If I had been a prince, I should, after all, have ennobled the man.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
