ennoble
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Etymology
From Middle English ennoblen, from Old French ennoblir. Equivalent to en- + noble.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈnəʊbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊbəl
Verb
ennoble (third-person singular simple present ennobles, present participle ennobling, simple past and past participle ennobled)
- To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
- 2020, Francine Prose, “Has Trump learned anything from Covid-19? Absolutely not”, in The Grauniad:
- We’d like to believe that suffering instructs and ennobles.
- 2024 July 24, Christian Wolmar, “Rail Minister Hendy has a tough job... but the skills to succeed”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 44:
- There was no shortage of dropped jaws when news came through about the appointment of the recently ennobled Lord Peter Hendy as rail minister. This was certainly a left-field move, taking everyone (perhaps even himself) by surprise.
- To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing.
Derived terms
Translations
To bestow with nobility, honour or grace
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