Definition of "ennobles" [ennobles]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ennoble. (verb)

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• "And what they went through and what they suffered kind of ennobles us all."
• "You will discover, if you talk to them skillfully, that they hold that war "ennobles," and that when they say ennobles they mean that it is destructive to the ten thousand things in life that they do not enjoy or understand or tolerate, things that fill them, therefore, with envy and perplexity -- such things as pleasure, beauty, delicacy, leisure."
• ""The author ennobles the old-fashioned art of storytelling," our reviewer wrote, "by showing how the relating of a tale can itself foster a spirit of fellowship.""