v. Obs. Also 7 enoblize. [ad. Fr. ennobliss- lengthened stem of ennoblir, assimilated to vbs. in -IZE. See ENNOBLISH.] trans. To confer nobility upon, make noble; lit. and fig.
1598. Barckley, Felic. Man, III. (1603), 263. He that desireth true nobility, let him endeuour to ennoblise himselfe by his owne vertues, & not by his parentage.
1601. W. Parry, Trav. Sir A. Sherley (1863), 32. If the king purpose to make any man great by enoblizing him.
1635. Barriffe, Mil. Discip. (1643), Ep. Ded. 2. Many Heroicall Ancestours … have ennobliz’d your potent Family.
1654. Cokaine, Dianea, II. 111. He was the most celebrated King … that enoblized the Glories of his bloud, by the wonders of his Vertue.
