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verb
To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: elevate, invest, knight, lord, advance, aggrandize, dignify, ennoble, exalt, honor, nobilitate, prefer, promote, raise, uplift
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To inarch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: gentle, entitle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
Narrower terms: baronetize, baronetise, lord, knight, dub
verb
confer dignity or honor upon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dignify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: honor, honour, reward
History
From Middle English ennoblen, from Old French ennoblir. Equivalent to en- + noble.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
