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Ennoble

To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify.

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Broader term 7

Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Elevate 76% connected

Elevated; raised aloft.

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Honor 76% connected

Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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Honour 76% connected

a woman's virtue or chastity

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Promote 76% connected

To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Reward 76% connected

To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.

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Manner of action 3

Dub 76% connected

To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.

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Knight 76% connected

A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

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Lord 76% connected

A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.

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Derivationally related 4

Dignity 74% connected

The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dignity 74% connected

The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ennoblement 74% connected

The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility.

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Ennoblement 74% connected

The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility.

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Synonym 3

Dignify 92% connected

To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Entitle 92% connected

To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gentle 92% connected

Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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