ennoble
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en·no·ble
(ĕn-nō'bəl) 
tr.v., -bled, -bling, -bles.
ennobler en·no'bler n.
tr.v., -bled, -bling, -bles.
- To make noble: "that chastity of honor . . . which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil" (Edmund Burke).
- 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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ennoble
verb
- To cause to be eminent or recognized: distinguish, elevate, exalt, honor, signalize. See respect/contempt/standing.
- To raise to a high position or status: aggrandize, apotheosize, dignify, elevate, exalt, glorify, magnify, uplift. Idioms: put on a pedestal. See rise/fall.
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ennobling
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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Ennoble
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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