▪ I. eˈnnobling, vbl. n.
[f. ennoble v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb ennoble.
| 1596 Harington Metam. Ajax (1814) For the enobling of this rare invention. 1614 Selden 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.
| 1790 Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 255 He feels no ennobling principle in his own heart. 1818 Byron Ch. Har. iv. clxxvii, Ye Elements!—in whose ennobling stir I feel myself exalted. 1868 M. Pattison Academ. Org. §5. 167 The ennobling influences of the pursuit of knowledge. |
Hence eˈnnoblingly adv.
| 1823 Moore Rhymes Road v. 14 All that in man most ennoblingly towers. |