transitive. To make noble, to ennoble.

transitive. figurative (in allusion to the Transfiguration of Christ): To elevate, glorify, idealize, spiritualize.

transitive. To make noble, to ennoble.

transitive. To make noble, to ennoble.

To impart nobility to (a person or thing). Formerly also, to attribute nobility to.

transitive. To ennoble, dignify (a person, a person's status, etc.); to raise (a person) to the status of a gentleman or gentlewoman. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To impart nobility to; to dignify; to make illustrious.

transitive. To confer nobility upon, make noble; literal and figurative.

transitive. = ennoble, v. in various senses; also, to distinguish by favours or gifts.

transitive. To raise to a high or higher state; to elevate to a higher degree of excellence or purity; to refine. Also ironic. Cf. sublime, v.…

transitive. To raise to a higher degree of value or excellence; to elevate or ennoble (the mind). Also †intransitive with object understood.

In various figurative or non-material senses. To raise to a higher class, a higher degree of value or excellence; to dignify, ennoble.

transitive. To confer nobility on (something), to ennoble.