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...
- 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...
- 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...
- States, and took over the Quirinal Palace, and any nobles subsequently ennobled by the pope prior to the 1929 Lateran Treaty. For the next 59 years, the...
- extended and adopted as part of the IUPAC organic nomenclature). He was ennobled in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1885 and was the 1905 recipient of the Nobel...
- strictly regulated. The prefix Gyllen ("Golden") was the one most used when ennobling someone since the 16th century. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal, great-great grandson...
- Master engraver ennobling a watch movement. Top-level engravers work under a stereo microscope....
- democrat—an enemy of artificial hierarchy, a friend to trade and business as ennobling and enabling, and an American counterpart to Mill, Cobden, and Bright...
- Reuter (born Jordan Beer Josaphat; 21 July 1816 – 25 February 1899), later ennobled as Freiherr von Reuter (Baron von Reuter), was a German-born British entrepreneur...