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ennobled, ppl. a.|ɛˈnəʊb(ə)ld|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Made noble in rank, nature, or character.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary (1625) A ij, Your L. may please of your owne ennobled condition to wel-doing..to vouchsafe your liking to this latter. 1607Rowlands Hist. Guy Warw. 3 Right worthily Enobled and truly Honourable Lord. 1793Southey Tri. Wom. 393 Raised supreme the ennobled race among. 1858Robertson Lect. i. 25 The newly ennobled looks down upon the newly rich.
†2. Celebrated, famous, noted. Obs.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxii. 14 The hill of Basan was ennobled for battling and rank pastures. 1601Holland Pliny I. 136 Other cities there are..in Mesopotamia..innobled for their learning. |