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† eˈnnoblish, v. Obs.
Also 5 ennoblessh, 7 enoblish.
[ad. F. ennobliss- lengthened stem of ennoblir: see ennoble.]
trans. = ennoble in various senses; also, to distinguish by favours or gifts.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 219/2 He ennoblesshed seynt John to fore al other with the swetnes of his famyliarite. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie 16 b, Because they..ennoblish their owne Houses, whereof they descended. 1582Bentley Mon. Matrones ii. 16 That I so vile a creature, am so ennoblished by thee to so honourable an husband. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 75 These streames and barges do ennoblish very much the City, and make it..seeme another Venice. 1600J. Dymmok Ireland (1843) 37 His other acts haue enoblished him for a most worthy soldior. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry i. ii. (1660) 14 To persons ennoblished by the Soveraign, by precious Stones. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. Irel. ii. 94 To augment his honour by more enoblishing him with honourable Armes. 1630R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. 402 Ennoblished it [Saros Patak] is besides with the greatest College belonging to the reformed religion in all these parts.
Hence † eˈnnoblishment, Obs. = ennoblement.
1591(title), A Reuocation of all such Letters for Ennoblishment, as haue not been verified in the Chamber of accountes of Normandy. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 175 He that hath obtained such letters of ennoblishment is enabled to be dubbed knight. |