ennoble
To bestow with nobility, honour or graceTo bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
» Work ennobles the soul.
Arbeit adelt.
Праця облагороджує.
Meaning
3 sensesTo bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
adeln
облагораживатьoblagoraživatʹ
облагоро́джуватиoblahoródžuvaty, облагоро́дитиoblahoródyty
To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing.
(obsolete, transitive)To inarch.
veredeln
- give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
- confer dignity or honor upon
Examples
7 sentencesWork ennobles the soul.
Праця облагороджує.
deArbeit adelt.
They say that work ennobles man.
There is no situation which cannot be ennobled by work or else by endurance.
deEs gibt keine Lage, die man nicht veredeln könnte durch Leisten oder Dulden.
It is the how that ennobles the what!
deEs ist das Wie, das das Was veredelt!
The queen ennobled him.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ennoblen, from Old French ennoblir. Equivalent to en- + noble.From Middle English ennoblen, from Old French ennoblir. Equivalent to en- + noble.
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Forms
ennobles, ennobling, ennobled, ennobledSynonyms
17 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle