Crossword clues for ennobling
ennobling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ennoble \En*no"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ennobled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ennobling.] [Pref. en- + noble: cf. F. ennoblir.]
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To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. ``Ennobling all that he touches.''
--Trench.What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards.
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To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner.
Syn: To raise; dignify; exalt; elevate; aggrandize.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of ennoble English)
WordNet
adj. investing with dignity or honor; "the dignifying effect of his presence"; "the ennobling influence of cultural surroundings" [syn: dignifying]
tending to exalt; "an exalting eulogy"; "ennobling thoughts" [syn: exalting]
Usage examples of "ennobling".
I don't think anybody on the planet anymore really believes war is ennobling, or that it has any value.
Von Kluck, who had been wounded in the war of 1870 and acquired his ennobling “von” at the age of fifty, had been chosen before the war for the leading role in the march on Paris.
His years of patient toil for noble objects had not made him such--his warm, unselfish heart had never proved him worthy of the ennobling title--but he possessed free papers.