baronise

bar·on·ize

[bar-uh-nahyz]
verb (used with object), bar·on·ized, bar·on·iz·ing.
to make or create (someone) a baron; confer the rank of baron upon.
Also, especially British, bar·on·ise.

Origin:
1605–15; baron + -ize

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