ennoble
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To ennoble what could seem a shallow, idiosyncratic gesture, I call this campaign the post-nominal revolution, hoping for a future when you will never have to use anyone’s name, ever.
From New York Times • May 30, 2019
The number of people who, out of civic generosity, think that they can enlarge or ennoble their selves by giving their energies to a good larger than themselves?
From Salon • May 27, 2019
“I think I know who Virginians are — I think they want somebody who will ennoble and uplift and motivate rather than divide.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2018
It can be a cognitive dimension to build relationships: You find something that you can ennoble the person with, that you can grace their spirit.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2018
Philosophy was admirably fitted to dignify and ennoble, but altogether impotent to regenerate, mankind.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
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