ennoble

ennoble

English

Etymology

Middle English ennoblen, from Old French ennoblir. Equivalent to en- + noble.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbəl

Verb

ennoble (third-person singular simple present ennobles, present participle ennobling, simple past and past participle ennobled)

1. To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
2. To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing.

Synonyms

• (bestow with nobility): elevate, invest, lord

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ennobled
• ennoblement

• ennobler
• ennobling

Translations

To bestow with nobility, honour or grace

Bulgarian: облагородявам (bg) (oblagorodjavam) French: anoblir (fr) German: adeln (de) Greek: εξευγενίζω (el) (exevgenízo) Hungarian: nemesít (hu), megnemesít (hu)

Italian: nobilitare (it) Maori: whakarangatira Norwegian: adle (no) Russian: облагораживать (ru) (oblagoraživatʹ)

to further process textile fabrics

German: veredeln (de)