as in to elevate
to assign a high status or value to
the heroic actions of firefighters during the terrorist attack did much to ennoble the profession of fire fighting in the public mind
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The murder of six million Jews—and the question of whether the British authorities could have done more to save them—complicates an otherwise ennobling story of the country’s heroic stand against Nazism, its finest hour.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
And, second, that ownership of great literature in its most talismanic form will ennoble you.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Dana Taylor: Thomas Jefferson, a founding father is ennobled in U.S. history books.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
The designer’s Manhattan apartment, completed just months before her woefully premature death, perfectly captures her incisive eye and her steadfast belief in the ennobling power of great design.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 8 Feb. 2025
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
And, second, that ownership of great literature in its most talismanic form will ennoble you.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Dana Taylor: Thomas Jefferson, a founding father is ennobled in U.S. history books.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
The designer’s Manhattan apartment, completed just months before her woefully premature death, perfectly captures her incisive eye and her steadfast belief in the ennobling power of great design.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Ennoble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ennoble. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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