ennoble

(ĕn-nō'bəl)
tr.v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

1. To make noble: "that chastity of honor . . . which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil" (Edmund Burke).
2. To confer nobility upon: ennoble a prime minister for distinguished service.

[Middle English *ennoblen, from Old French ennoblir : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹ + noble, noble; see noble.]

ennoblement en·no'ble·ment n.
ennobler en·no'bler n.

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verb

1. To cause to be eminent or recognized: distinguish, elevate, exalt, honor, signalize. See respect/contempt/standing.
2. To raise to a high position or status: aggrandize, apotheosize, dignify, elevate, exalt, glorify, magnify, uplift. Idioms: put on a pedestal. See rise/fall.

v

Definition: elevate to nobility
Antonyms: demean, disennoble

IN BRIEF: That which causes a raising in rank.

On my honor - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. — Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994).

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gøre adelig, forædle

Nederlands (Dutch)
veredelen, in de adelstand verheffen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit) anoblir, (fig) ennoblir, élever

Deutsch (German)
v. - erheben, adeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξευγενίζω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
ingentilire, nobilitare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - enobrecer

Русский (Russian)
возводить в дворянство, облагораживать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - mejorar, ennoblecer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - adla, förädla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
授予爵位, 使高贵

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 授予爵位, 使高貴

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 고귀하게 하다, 작위를 수여하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 貴族にする, 高尚にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشرف, يعظم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העלה לדרגת אציל, האציל, עידן, איצל‬

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