† ennoblizev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To confer nobility upon, make noble; literal and figurative.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > ennoble [verb (transitive)]
i-atheliea1000
ennoblish1483
nobilitate?c1500
ennoble1597
ennoblize1598
noblify1600
gentlemanize1784
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)] > impart nobility to
noblec1380
transfigurec1380
nobley?a1439
noblish1483
ennoble1502
gentle1532
nobilitate1542
ennoblize1598
ennoblishc1600
sublimate1601
greaten1627
exalt1711
annoblize1731
1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man iii. 264 Let him endeuour to ennoblise himselfe by his owne vertues.
1601 W. Parry New Disc. Trauels Sir A. Sherley 22 If the King purpose to make any man great, by enoblizing him, he hath a very rich chaire..wherein he placeth that man at his banquet.
1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline Ep. Ded. 3 Many Heroicall Ancestors..have ennobliz'd your potent Family.
1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea ii. 111 He was the most celebrated King..that enoblized the Glories of his bloud, by the wonders of his Vertue.
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