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单词 ennoble
释义 en·no·ble
\ə̇ˈnōbəl, eˈ-\ transitive verb
(ennobled ; ennobled ; ennobling \-b(ə)liŋ\ ; ennobles)
Etymology: Middle English ennobelen, from Middle French ennoblir, from Old French, from en- en- (I) + noble, adjective
1. : to make noble : elevate in degree or excellence
 < what can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards — Alexander Pope >
 < our buildings are thus ennobled by the devotion to service which they proclaim — Joseph Hudnut >
2. : to raise to the rank of nobility
 < was ennobled by Charles II >
3. archaic : to make noted or conspicuous
4.
 a. : to transmute (a base metal) into a noble metal
  < the … conception of ennobling metals by a process of death and resurrection — S.F.Mason >
 b. : to make (a metal, as iron) resistant to corrosion
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