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单词 ennoblish
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ennoblishv.

Forms: Also Middle English ennoblessh, 1600s enoblish, innoblish.
Etymology: < French ennobliss- lengthened stem of ennoblir : see ennoble v.
Obsolete.
transitive. = ennoble v. in various senses; also, to distinguish by favours or gifts.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > ennoble [verb (transitive)]
i-atheliea1000
ennoblish1483
nobilitate?c1500
ennoble1597
ennoblize1598
noblify1600
gentlemanize1784
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)] > impart nobility to
noblec1380
transfigurec1380
nobley?a1439
noblish1483
ennoble1502
gentle1532
nobilitate1542
ennoblize1598
ennoblishc1600
sublimate1601
greaten1627
exalt1711
annoblize1731
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 219/2 He ennoblesshed seynt John to fore al other with the swetnes of his famyliarite.
1548 Princess Elizabeth & J. Bale tr. Queen Margaret of Angoulême Godly Medytacyon Christen Sowle f. 22v That I so vyle a creature, am so ennoblyshed by the.
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie f. 16v Because they..ennoblish their owne Houses, whereof they descended.
1577 R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 245v These streames and Barges doe ennoblyshe very muche the citie, and make it..seeme an other Uenice.
c1600 J. Dymmok Treat. Ireland (1842) 37 His other acts haue enoblished him for a most worthy soldior.
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 160 [It] did greatly augment and innoblish this towne.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. ii. 7 To persons ennoblished by the Soueraigne, by precious stones.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 94 To augment his honour by more enoblishing him with honourable Armes.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 402 Ennoblished it [Saros Patak] is besides with the greatest College belonging to the reformed religion in all these parts.

Derivatives

eˈnnoblishment n. Obsolete = ennoblement n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > [noun]
nobilitatinga1552
ennoblishment1591
ennobling1596
nobilitation1610
ennoblement1622
1591 (title) A Reuocation of all such Letters for Ennoblishment, as haue not been verified in the Chamber of accountes of Normandy.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 175 He that hath obtained such letters of Ennoblishment, is enabled to be dubbed knight.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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