ennoblement

Definition of Ennoblement in English :

1. ennoblement

the state of being noble

2. ennoblement

the act of raising someone to the nobility

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ennoblement

verb (transitive)

1.

to make noble, honourable, or excellent; dignify; exalt

2.

to raise to a noble rank; confer a title of nobility upon

verb transitiveWord forms: enˈnobled or enˈnobling

1.

to raise to the rank of nobleman

2.

to give a noble quality to; dignify

tr.v. en·no·bled, en·no·bling, en·no·bles

1. To make noble: "that chastity of honor ... which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil" (Edmund Burke).

2. To confer nobility upon: ennoble a prime minister for distinguished service.