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en·no·ble (ĕn-nṓbəl)

[Middle English* ennoblen, from Old French ennoblir, en-, causative pref.; see en–1, + noble, noble; see noble.]

transitive verb: -bled, -bling, -bles. 

  1. To make noble: “that chastity of honor . . . which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil” (Edmund Burke)
  2. To confer nobility upon: ennoble a prime minister for distinguished service.

derivatives

en·nóble·ment
noun
en·nóbler
noun