ennoble

verb

/ɪˈnəʊbl/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they ennoble	/ɪˈnəʊbl/ /ɪˈnəʊbl/
he / she / it ennobles	/ɪˈnəʊblz/ /ɪˈnəʊblz/
past simple ennobled	/ɪˈnəʊbld/ /ɪˈnəʊbld/
past participle ennobled	/ɪˈnəʊbld/ /ɪˈnəʊbld/
-ing form ennobling	/ɪˈnəʊblɪŋ/ /ɪˈnəʊblɪŋ/

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[usually passive] ennoble somebody to make somebody a member of the nobility封（某人）为贵族
ennoble somebody/something to give somebody/something a better moral character使更崇高；使更高尚；使更尊贵
- In a strange way she seemed ennobled by her grief.奇怪的是，忧伤使她显得更加高贵。

Word Originlate 15th cent. (formerly also as innoble): from French ennoblir, from en- (expressing a change of state) + noble ‘noble’.

BNC: 33617 COCA: 25832

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