society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > ennoble [verb (transitive)] > invest with rank or title > make into a lord (5)
transitive. To make (any one) lord.
transitive. To grant (a man) the title and status of lord (lord, n. 9a). Chiefly in passive. Obsolete.
transitive. To give (a man) a lordly or noble appearance; to treat or address (a man) as a lord (lord, n. 9a).