ennoble

(e nō′bəl, i-)

transitive verb ennobled, ennobling

Origin: ME ennoblen (only in pp.) < OFr ennoblir: see en- & noble

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transitive verb en·no·bled, en·no·bling, en·no·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.

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Origin: Middle English *ennoblen

Origin: , from Old French ennoblir

Origin: : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹

Origin: + noble, noble; see noble

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