ENNOBLE


Meaning of ENNOBLE in English

(~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

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