[ɛˈnəʊbl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- give (someone) a noble rank or title
(e.g: they receive life baronies on appointment unless they are already ennobled)

- lend greater dignity or nobility of character to
(e.g: the theatre is a moral instrument to ennoble the mind)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century (formerly also as innoble): from French ennoblir, from en- (expressing a change of state) + noble ‘noble’