Verb (used with object), : a personality ennobled by true generosity. From Dictionary.com.
A nation of new civilisation by what may be called the ennoblement of its lower classes. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions and Comments] Reference
To be cut out by a prince has always been a kind of ennoblement in itself. From Wordnik.com. [We Can't Have Everything] Reference
In the 1960s in Poland, getting a prison tattoo required special skills and criminal ambition - it was a kind of ennoblement, each tattoo in the criminal world was meaningful. From Wordnik.com. [Hit & Run] Reference
Mr. Mandelson's ennoblement is therefore unlikely to provide greater accountability. From Wordnik.com. [We shouldn't have to make Mandelson a Lord] Reference
Henceforth there will be a gradual ennoblement of one of the phases of the god's character. From Wordnik.com. [Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India] Reference
If this trend continues his much anticipated ennoblement may strike Plaid members as doing more harm than good. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
L. Novellie, Biological ennoblement and kaffir beer in Food Technology, No. 20, Institute of Food Technologists. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Both churches and universities-insofar as they live up to their true function'serve the ennoblement of the indi - vidual. From Wordnik.com. [Out Of My Later Years]
Same presumably goes for Lord Ashcroft who is yet to make good on the promises that were the crux of his case for ennoblement. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
Both valued "exaltation and ennoblement" in drama and wanted to "transfer the seriousness and integrity of Broadway to Hollywood.". From Wordnik.com. [Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood] Reference
But now he is resurgent, his speech in the wake of the Tucson tragedy a masterful exercise in uplift, ennoblement, and possibility. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Obama and the Significance of the JFK Inaugural 50 Years On] Reference
I can only conclude you are taking the first sycophantic steps on your inexorable path to future ennoblement and a seat in the Lords. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
Rather like his excuses for Lord Ashcroft's failure to meet the conditions of his ennoblement qwas very deliberate, very precise, very incomplete. From Wordnik.com. [Quick! Quick!: It Was "The Conservative Party" Wot Didn't Do It] Reference
The refinement and ennoblement of the senses, the connection of the idea of freedom with our aesthetic formation, and the harmonization of man's faculties. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
To pay the price out of sheer heart-love that could recognize no price too great to pay, had been the ennoblement of Dag Daughtry which Michael had worked. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER X] Reference
Besides, simply accepting those illusions -- for that is what they are -- of protection, happiness, and ennoblement keeps us from meeting our own responsibilities as leaders. From Wordnik.com. [The Valuable Inconvenience of Leadership: A Message for the Class of 2009] Reference
But that didn't stop him from engaging in his own exercise in uplift and ennoblement and possibility, with an inaugural address widely judged to be among the best of all time. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Obama and the Significance of the JFK Inaugural 50 Years On] Reference
Never before in poetry has the body received such ennoblement. From Wordnik.com. [Birds and Poets : with Other Papers] Reference
The ennoblement of jealousy: the Greeks the most jealous nation. From Wordnik.com. [We Philologists Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Volume 8] Reference
To be recognized by him conferred indeed an ennoblement, the Star and. From Wordnik.com. [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference
For religious power has been both imposed cynical control and prime ennoblement. From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
He was a John the Baptist who took ennoblement rather than repentance for his text. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Native] Reference
The day after his ennoblement, Lord Howard spoke on the BBC about justice secretary Ken. From Wordnik.com. [Kentnews.co.uk News and Sport Headlines] Reference
Shoes on his feet we can understand, but there is to be a ring, honour, ennoblement!. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Life of Mark Rutherford (W. Hale White)] Reference
The arbitrary ennoblement of the Prime Minister's latest favourites is clearly unacceptable. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Ashcroft promised to become a permanent resident of the UK as a condition of his ennoblement in 2000. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Henry Newbolt deals in an interesting way with this ennoblement of life that is the mark of great poetry. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Letters] Reference
Their self is conquered, not through ennoblement of personality, but through annihilation of personality. From Wordnik.com. [George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy] Reference
Conservatives refuse to answer accusations Lord Ashcroft breached tax promises made on his ennoblement. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Council bans ice cream vans from trading outside schools because they 'encourage unhealthy eating'] Reference
On the other hand, one cannot but foresee a gradual enrichment and ennoblement of the interior of the Capitol. From Wordnik.com. [America To-day, Observations and Reflections] Reference
All people experience transformation, either in the trajectory of ennoblement or in the trajectory of corruption. From Wordnik.com. [futuristguy] Reference
Catholics of France, especially, cling firmly to it as one of their strongest hopes of ennoblement and salvation. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
Can the public exert sufficient pressure on our arcane order of ennoblement to have a peer stripped of their "honour"?. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
Besides the growing complexity of the religious sentiment and its gradual ennoblement, there are two points I wish to emphasize. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Love and Love-Stories] Reference
Clare, recognizing in him the ennoblement of his own order, "but it is against the rules for any of the gentlemen below to come up this staircase.". From Wordnik.com. [A Rough Shaking] Reference
I'm told that when Finkelstein was informed there had been chatter of his potential ennoblement, his brow furrowed and the absence of a denial was noted. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
To this end we may sacrifice even the passion for sacrifice; for sacrifice never should be the means of ennoblement, but only the sign of our being ennobled. From Wordnik.com. [Wisdom and Destiny] Reference
In the meantime, the control provisionally exercised over the masses who willingly submit to it will be utilised in the elevation and ennoblement of their habits and needs. From Wordnik.com. [Freeland A Social Anticipation] Reference
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