Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which ennobles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who ennobles.
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- noun One who
ennobles .
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Examples
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Of earths music the ennobler, of its discord the refiner,
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Women, Christ the ennobler of, 484; witnesses of the crucifixion, 659, 688; at sepulchre of Jesus, 681; see and touch the risen Lord, 682.
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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Still further, we have here a symbol of Christ's glory as the ennobler and heightener of all earthly joys.
Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Alexander Maclaren 1868
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"No, indeed," answered Rachel, rather indignantly, "I think war the great purifier and ennobler of nations, when it is for a good and great cause; but I think education ought to protest against confounding mere love of combat with heroism."
Clever Woman of the Family Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Above all, the ideal with him was not a thing apart and unattainable, but the sweetener and ennobler of the street and the fireside.
Among My Books Second Series James Russell Lowell 1855
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Could she be to my life that sweetener, that ennobler?
Kenelm Chillingly — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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House, as the ennobler of a humbled name; and from the moment in which her girl's heart beat at the voice of Hastings, the ideal of her soul seemed found.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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If so mean where the choice is so little important to the happiness and career of a man who has something of manhood in him, how much more mean to be the parasite and tuft-hunter in deciding what woman to love, what woman to select as the sweetener and ennobler of one's everyday life!
Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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She viewed him through the mists of the future, as the protector of her persecuted father, as the rebuilder of a fallen House, as the ennobler of a humbled name; and from the moment in which her girl's heart beat at the voice of Hastings, the ideal of her soul seemed found.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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If so mean where the choice is so little important to the happiness and career of a man who has something of manhood in him, how much more mean to be the parasite and tuft-hunter in deciding what woman to love, what woman to select as the sweetener and ennobler of one's everyday life!
Kenelm Chillingly — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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