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–verb (used with object), -bled, -bling.

1.	to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt: a personality ennobled by true generosity.

2.	to confer a title of nobility on.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME ennobelen < MF, OF ennoblir. See en-¹, noble

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—Related forms

en·no·ble·ment, noun

en·no·bler, noun

en·no·bling·ly, adverb

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tr.v. 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.

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

en·no'ble·ment n., en·no'bler n.

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