Definition of Ennobling. Meaning of Ennobling. Synonyms of Ennobling

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Definition of Ennobling

Ennobling
Ennoble En*no"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ennobled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ennobling.] [Pref. en- + noble: cf. F. ennoblir.] 1. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. ``Ennobling all that he touches.' --Trench. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. --Pope. 2. To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner. Syn: To raise; dignify; exalt; elevate; aggrandize.

Meaning of Ennobling from wikipedia

- Ennoblement is the conferring of nobility—the induction of an individual into the noble class. Currently only a few kingdoms still grant nobility to people;...
- their father's titles. It was a custom in China for the new dynasty to ennoble and enfeoff a member of the dynasty which they overthrew with a title of...
- strictly regulated. The prefix Gyllen ("Golden") was the one most used when ennobling someone since the 16th century. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal, great-great grandson...
- during colonial times. In 1738 Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, later ennobled as 1st Marquis of Pombal, began a career as the Portuguese Amb****ador in...
- Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised...
- sets out to re****e what she describes as feminist matriarchalism as an "ennobling lie". She argues that the feminist archaeology of Marija Gimbutas had...
- were occasionally ennobled until the country's defeat in the Second World War in 1945 (新華族, shin kazoku, lit. "the newly ennobled"). The system was abolished...
- Janina (the eponyms of the clan) or legally adopted into the clan upon ennoblement. Janina is the only coat of arms represented on the sky as constellation...
- The House of Lichnowsky or House of Lichnovský is the name of an influential Czech aristocratic family of Silesian and Moravian origin, do****ented since...
- of its members still live there today. Two members of this family were ennobled in the 20th century by the king of Belgium. in 1930: Concession of nobility...