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† eˈnnoblize, v. Obs.
Also 7 enoblize.
[ad. Fr. ennobliss- lengthened stem of ennoblir, assimilated to vbs. in -ize. See ennoblish.]
trans. To confer nobility upon, make noble; lit. and fig.
1598R. Barckley Felic. Man iii. (1603) 263 Let him endevour to ennoblize himselfe by his owne vertue. 1601W. Parry Trav. Sir A. Sherley (1863) 32 If the king purpose to make any man great by enoblizing him. 1635W. Barriffe Mil. Discip. (1643) Ep. Ded. 2 Many Heroicall Ancestours..have ennobliz'd your potent Family. 1654Cokaine Dianea ii. 111 He was the most celebrated King..that enoblized the Glories of his bloud, by the wonders of his Vertue. |