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▪ I. † disˈnoble, a. Obs. rare. [dis- 10.] Ignoble, mean, petty.
1609Holland Amm. Marcell xxviii. i. 326 A disnoble [ignobilem] advocat and defender of causes. ▪ II. † disˈnoble, v. Obs. [f. dis- 8 + noble a.: cf. obs. F. desnoblir to disgrace, vilify (Godef.).] trans. To deprive of nobility or grandeur; to disennoble.
1622H. Sydenham Serm. Sol. Occ. ii. (1637) 30 The chiefest complement of greatnesse is the retinue, take away her equipage you disnoble it. 1638O. Sedgwicke Serm. (1639) 36 O Watch, that it doth not dis-noble and staine its excellency by a sordid league..with sinfull lusts. |