ENNOBLE


Meaning of ENNOBLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnnoʊb(ə)l ]

( ennobles, ennobling, ennobled)

1.

To ennoble someone or something means to make them more dignified and morally better. ( LITERARY )

...the enduring fundamental principles of life that ennoble mankind.

VERB : V n

• en‧no‧bling

...the ennobling and civilizing power of education.

ADJ

2.

If someone is ennobled , they are made a member of the nobility. ( FORMAL )

...the son of a financier who had been ennobled.

...the newly ennobled Lord Archer.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed , V-ed

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