ENNOBLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does ennoble mean?
• ENNOBLE (verb)
The verb ENNOBLE has 2 senses:
1. confer dignity or honor upon
2. give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
Familiarity information: ENNOBLE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ENNOBLE (verb)
Meaning:
Confer dignity or honor upon
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
dignify; ennoble
Context example:
He was dignified with a title
Hypernyms (to "ennoble" is one way to...):
honor; honour; reward (bestow honor or rewards upon)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
ennoble; gentle; entitle
Hypernyms (to "ennoble" is one way to...):
advance; elevate; kick upstairs; promote; raise; upgrade (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ennoble"):
baronetise; baronetize (confer baronetcy upon)
lord (make a lord of someone)
dub; knight (raise (someone) to knighthood)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
