ennoble

[ en-noh-buh l ]

/ ɛnˈnoʊ bəl /

to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt: a personality ennobled by true generosity.

to confer a title of nobility on.

Origin of ennoble

1425–75; late Middle English ennobelen < Middle French, Old French ennoblir. See en-¹, noble

en·no·ble·ment, noun en·no·bler, noun en·no·bling·ly, adverb un·en·no·bled, adjective

un·en·no·bling, adjective

Sir Henry Newbolt deals in an interesting way with this ennoblement of life that is the mark of great poetry.

The Art of Letters |Robert Lynd
Originally by name Holm, he took, after his ennoblement in 1781, the title of Holmskjold.

Chats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain |Arthur Hayden
On the other hand, one cannot but foresee a gradual enrichment and ennoblement of the interior of the Capitol.

America To-day, Observations and Reflections |William Archer
To be cut out by a prince has always been a kind of ennoblement in itself.

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes

He so shares the divine impulses that he has power to subject ambition to the ennoblement of his kind.

Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday |Various

ennoble

/ (ɪˈnəʊbəl) /

to make noble, honourable, or excellent; dignify; exalt

to raise to a noble rank; confer a title of nobility upon

ennoblement, noun ennobler, noun ennobling, adjective