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ennoble

 verb
     
en‧no‧ble [transitive usually passive] formal
1 to improve your character:
art which ennobles the human race
2PGO to make someone a member of the nobility (=the people in society who have a high rank, such as princes etc)
—ennoblement noun [uncountable]
—ennobling adjective
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