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Definition of ennoble in English: ennobleverb ɪˈnəʊb(ə)lɛˈnəʊb(ə)ləˈnoʊbəl [with object]1Give (someone) a noble rank or title. 封…为贵族 they receive life baronies on appointment unless they are already ennobled Example sentencesExamples - Meanwhile - long before any of his music appeared in print - he was ennobled and, in 1702, made Chevalier de l' Ordre de Latran.
- When he was ennobled in 1964, someone remarked he should take the title Lord Corridor of Power.
- Princess Carissa would marry him at a private assembly afterwards, as soon as the new King publicly ennobled him.
- The family was ennobled and, in 1546 attained a peak of prosperity.
- For Black, the high point of his life's work came in 2001 when he was ennobled after renouncing his Canadian citizenship.
- He was ennobled by the Emperor of Austria, allowing him to use the honorific ‘Ritter von’ before his surname.
- Mountbatten's title was therefore a courtesy one until he was ennobled in 1946 as Viscount Mountbatten of Burma.
- Piranesi was very much of the artisan class, although he was ennobled by the Pope in 1767.
- It has been estimated that in the period 1774 to 1789, a total of 2,477 men were ennobled, and the numbers, if anything, were rising slightly directly before the Revolution.
- Only after two years' delay was her favourite admitted to the Privy Council, and he was not ennobled as Earl of Leicester until 1564.
- He was ennobled in 1774 and put in charge of irregular forces.
- Installed at Versailles in 1745, she was ennobled as Marquise de Pompadour, and for 20 years swayed state policy, appointing her own favourites.
Synonyms elevate to the nobility/peerage, raise to the nobility/peerage, make/create someone a noble British send to the House of Lords informal kick upstairs archaic nobilitate 2Lend greater dignity or nobility of character to. 使高贵,使崇高 the theatre is a moral instrument to ennoble the mind 戏剧是提升精神境界的道德手段。 Example sentencesExamples - But cultured Germans did believe that art ennobled a people, and I would like to believe it too.
- We know that neither success nor suffering ennobles people.
- In its subject matter as well as its method, physics ennobles the mind by directing it to the permanent order of the world.
- But given a chance to become a habit, the exhilarating experience of freedom enriches and ennobles people.
- And what they went through and what they suffered kind of ennobles us all.
- Dedicated in 1921 as a monument to World War I's common soldier, the Tomb ennobles the common people of a democratic society.
- Most religions and some of the more grouchy philosophers teach that suffering ennobles us - it makes us better people.
- Also, speaking from personal experience, following the teachings and example of Jesus Christ has had an ennobling effect on my character.
- For some this preventive action has an equivalent moral authority to the great campaigns for civic reform which ennobled the twentieth century throughout the world.
- To walk on another world, or even to make the attempt, would ennoble every member of the human race.
- I can also urge you to live now in the knowledge that your son's passing ennobles our nation, just as I trust it will now ennoble you.
- It still gratifies us today to read George Orwell: we feel ennobled by him.
- We live by telling our own story, and that story can either ennoble us or demean us.
Synonyms dignify, honour, bestow honour on, exalt, elevate, raise, enhance, add distinction to, add dignity to, distinguish, add lustre to magnify, glorify, lionize, make lofty, aggrandize, upgrade
OriginLate 15th century (formerly also as innoble): from French ennoblir, from en- (expressing a change of state) + noble 'noble'. Rhymescoble, Froebel, global, Grenoble, ignoble, noble Definition of ennoble in US English: ennobleverbəˈnōbələˈnoʊbəl [with object]1Give (someone) a noble rank or title. 封…为贵族 Example sentencesExamples - Piranesi was very much of the artisan class, although he was ennobled by the Pope in 1767.
- He was ennobled by the Emperor of Austria, allowing him to use the honorific ‘Ritter von’ before his surname.
- He was ennobled in 1774 and put in charge of irregular forces.
- When he was ennobled in 1964, someone remarked he should take the title Lord Corridor of Power.
- Installed at Versailles in 1745, she was ennobled as Marquise de Pompadour, and for 20 years swayed state policy, appointing her own favourites.
- Princess Carissa would marry him at a private assembly afterwards, as soon as the new King publicly ennobled him.
- For Black, the high point of his life's work came in 2001 when he was ennobled after renouncing his Canadian citizenship.
- It has been estimated that in the period 1774 to 1789, a total of 2,477 men were ennobled, and the numbers, if anything, were rising slightly directly before the Revolution.
- Only after two years' delay was her favourite admitted to the Privy Council, and he was not ennobled as Earl of Leicester until 1564.
- Mountbatten's title was therefore a courtesy one until he was ennobled in 1946 as Viscount Mountbatten of Burma.
- The family was ennobled and, in 1546 attained a peak of prosperity.
- Meanwhile - long before any of his music appeared in print - he was ennobled and, in 1702, made Chevalier de l' Ordre de Latran.
Synonyms elevate to the nobility, elevate to the peerage, raise to the nobility, raise to the peerage, create someone a noble, make someone a noble - 1.1 Lend greater dignity or nobility of character to.
使高贵,使崇高 the theater is a moral instrument to ennoble the mind 戏剧是提升精神境界的道德手段。 Example sentencesExamples - In its subject matter as well as its method, physics ennobles the mind by directing it to the permanent order of the world.
- For some this preventive action has an equivalent moral authority to the great campaigns for civic reform which ennobled the twentieth century throughout the world.
- I can also urge you to live now in the knowledge that your son's passing ennobles our nation, just as I trust it will now ennoble you.
- And what they went through and what they suffered kind of ennobles us all.
- But given a chance to become a habit, the exhilarating experience of freedom enriches and ennobles people.
- To walk on another world, or even to make the attempt, would ennoble every member of the human race.
- Most religions and some of the more grouchy philosophers teach that suffering ennobles us - it makes us better people.
- It still gratifies us today to read George Orwell: we feel ennobled by him.
- Dedicated in 1921 as a monument to World War I's common soldier, the Tomb ennobles the common people of a democratic society.
- We live by telling our own story, and that story can either ennoble us or demean us.
- But cultured Germans did believe that art ennobled a people, and I would like to believe it too.
- Also, speaking from personal experience, following the teachings and example of Jesus Christ has had an ennobling effect on my character.
- We know that neither success nor suffering ennobles people.
Synonyms dignify, honour, bestow honour on, exalt, elevate, raise, enhance, add distinction to, add dignity to, distinguish, add lustre to
OriginLate 15th century (formerly also as innoble): from French ennoblir, from en- (expressing a change of state) + noble ‘noble’. |