单词 | nobilitate |
释义 | † nobilitateadj. Scottish. Obsolete. Ennobled; distinguished, renowned. Also occasionally as past participle. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > [adjective] ennobled1592 nobilitate1596 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 12 Farther it is nobilitate [L. nobilitata] in fyne wole and quhyt. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 28 Westwarde lyes monteith, nobilitat [L. nobilitatum] and mekle commendet throuch the name of sik cheise. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 499 A fruitfull, populous, and nobilitat planure. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 105 The Lord Ogiluy..being narrest the stock..and nobilitat before him. 1680 ‘Philalethes’ tr. G. Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos 108 [He] thought him to be nobilitat by the slaughter of a Tyrant. 1722 A. Nisbet Syst. Heraldry I. 76 The Branches of the principal Family of Douglass, which were nobilitate. 1788 Ld. Saltoun Disqualification of Eldest Sons of Peers 57 The Viscount of Tarbat's eldest son was elected, one of the commissioners for the shire of Ross, by reason that his father is nobilitate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † nobilitatev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To raise (a person) to noble rank; to ennoble. ΘΚΠ 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 ?c1500 J. Blount tr. N. Upton Essent. Portions De Studio Militari (1931) 3 A kyng or prynce, considering the good & trew s[er]vice of hys p[ro]secutor..woll call hym in the presence of hys felowse there by A newe name..& so nobilitate hym, rewareding hym At that tyme wythe certen londes or A sufficient ffee. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 223 He nobilitat thame with armes. 1669 in W. Macfarlane Geneal. Coll. (1900) (Sc. Hist. Soc.) I. 65 He nobilitate Kenneth, making him by Patent Lord Kintail. 1714 J. Macky Journey through Eng. I. i. 8 The Family..was Nobilitated into two Branches by King Charles the IId. 1763 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 62 William, lord Borthwick, was nobilitated in the year 1424. 2. transitive. To impart nobility to; to dignify; to make illustrious. ΘΚΠ 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 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 52v Sir kyng it is your pleasure..to nobilitate this place. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 58 The greatest of Traianes exercise was, to augment and nobilitate his armie and knighthood. ?1591 R. Bruce Serm. Sacrament (1 Cor. xi. 23) sig. N3 Ze will find, that Christ hes not set down his institution, to nobilitat the elements. 1598 R. Haydocke tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge i. 6 There are two things, which doe specially dignifie and nobilitate a man. a1623 C. Heydon Astrol. Disc. (1650) 69 Nature hath singularly nobilitated all the Aspects in the Motions of Saturn and Jupiter. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 3 A glorious Shew of Statues and Inscriptions..nobilitated the Memory of famous Citizens. 1699 T. Boston Soliloquy Art of Man-fishing (1900) 44 My heart is nobilitated and tramples on the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1596v.?c1500 |
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