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ennoble

[en-noh-buhl] / ɛnˈnoʊ bəl /
VERB
honor
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The number of people who, out of civic generosity, think that they can enlarge or ennoble their selves by giving their energies to a good larger than themselves?

From Salon • May 27, 2019

“I think I know who Virginians are — I think they want somebody who will ennoble and uplift and motivate rather than divide.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2018

It can be a cognitive dimension to build relationships: You find something that you can ennoble the person with, that you can grace their spirit.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2018

It’s a little like Francois Truffaut’s claim that “There is no such thing as an antiwar film,” because to depict war is to ennoble it.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2017

So guided and inspired, he will refine, purify, and ennoble the life of his fellow-men.

From Beyond by Hubbard, Henry Seward