Lexic.us

Definition of Ennoble

1. Verb. Confer dignity or honor upon. "He was dignified with a title"

2. Verb. Give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility.

Definition of Ennoble

1. v. t. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify.

Definition of Ennoble

1. Verb. To bestow with nobility, honour or grace. ¹

2. Verb. To ennoble textile fabrics, the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing, which together are known as 'ennobling fabrics'. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ennoble

1. to make noble [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES] - See also: noble

Medical Definition of Ennoble

1. 1. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." "What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards." (Pope) 2. To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner. Synonym: To raise, dignify, exalt, elevate, aggrandize. Origin: Pref. En- + noble: cf. F. Ennoblir. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ennoble

enneatical ennemie enneract enneracts ennervation ennet ennew ennewed ennewing ennews

enniatin B synthetase enniche enniched enniches enniching ennoble (current term) ennobled ennoblement ennoblements ennobler

ennoblers ennobles ennobling ennui ennuied ennuis ennuye ennuyed ennuyee ennuying

Literary usage of Ennoble

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
"Pr. - There is no greater proof of human weakness than that which betrays itself in the boast of fortune and ancestry ; these cannot ennoble us, ..."

2. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"... another instance of their contrariness; not only * * * do a son's deeds ennoble his ancestors, but heredity is the exception and extinction the rule. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Then the superior virtues of charity or religion will ennoble this purpose and communicate to it their own beauty; but we shall not find in it any splendour ..."

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