(~s, ennobling, ~d)
1.
To ~ someone or something means to make them more dignified and morally better. (LITERARY)
...the enduring fundamental principles of life that ~ mankind.
VERB: V n
ennobling
...the ennobling and civilizing power of education.
ADJ
2.
If someone is ~d, they are made a member of the nobility. (FORMAL)
...the son of a financier who had been ~d.
...the newly ~d Lord Archer.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed