ennoble
verb
[ ɪˈnəʊb(ə)l ]
• give (someone) a noble rank or title.
• "they receive life baronies on appointment unless they are already ennobled"
Similar:
raise to the nobility/peerage,
make/create someone a noble,
send to the House of Lords,
kick upstairs,
nobilitate,
• lend greater dignity or nobility of character to.
• "the theatre is a moral instrument to ennoble the mind"
Similar:
dignify,
honour,
bestow honour on,
exalt,
elevate,
raise,
enhance,
add distinction to,
add dignity to,
distinguish,
add lustre to,
magnify,
glorify,
lionize,
make lofty,
aggrandize,
upgrade,
Origin:
late 15th century (formerly also as innoble ): from French ennoblir, from en- (expressing a change of state) + noble ‘noble’.
