单词 | ennobling |
释义 | ▪ I. eˈnnobling, vbl. n. [f. ennoble v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb ennoble.
1596Harington Metam. Ajax (1814) For the enobling of this rare invention. 1614Selden Titles Hon. Pref., Particular ennobling, by the Princes autoritie, came in vse. ▪ II. ennobling, ppl. a.|ɛˈnəʊb(ə)lɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That ennobles; elevating, refining.
1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 255 He feels no ennobling principle in his own heart. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. clxxvii, Ye Elements!—in whose ennobling stir I feel myself exalted. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. §5. 167 The ennobling influences of the pursuit of knowledge. Hence eˈnnoblingly adv.
1823Moore Rhymes Road v. 14 All that in man most ennoblingly towers. |

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