ennoble

[US]/ɪˈnəʊbl/
[UK]/ɪˈnoʊbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. elevate to a noble status; dignify; grant a noble title.

Phrases & Collocations

be ennobled by

ennobling act

ennobling influence

Example Sentences

the theatre is a moral instrument to ennoble the mind.

Hard work ennobles human spirit.

ennoble a prime minister for distinguished service.

I think, in part, we mythologize sacrifice, ennoble it with layer upon layer of redemptive they-did-not-suffer-and-die-in-vain meaning, because it enables us to bear the pain of loss.

Persons thus co-opted by the Senate were liable to the burden of the praetorship, and likewise those whom the Emperor ennobled, unless special exemption were granted.

Real-world Examples

We honor Presidents Washington and Lincoln because they embodied the values and character that ennoble public service.

Source: VOA Daily Standard February 2018 Collection

His conduct this morning is noble, thought the marquis, so I will ennoble him myself.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

To a head of bureau, the result seemed ennobling.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Volume 2)

And I do believe that Italy really purifies and ennobles all who visit her.

Source: The places where angels dare not tread.

It acts, it acts frightfully (I speak for myself), but not in an ennobling way.

Source: Kreutzer Sonata

Your love—the most tender and devoted love which ever ennobled the heart of man—cannot draw me back.

Source: Eugénie Grandet

And a peroration addressed to women should have something, you will agree, particularly exalting and ennobling about it.

Source: A room of one's own.

" I think the same as ever of you, Eustacia. Nothing of that sort can degrade you—you ennoble the occupation of your husband."

Source: Returning Home

At the culmination of their power, the drama was their chief literary form — the drama, which is but speech ennobled, connected, clarified.

Source: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

If a European noble  wished to expand his wealth, the only means he might consider was to appropriate the lands of  an equally ennobled neighbor.

Source: Charming history

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