"ennoblize" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "From en- + noble + -ize.",
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      "form": "ennoblizes",
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        {
          "ref": "1906, The Lafayette Weekly - Volume 33, page 225:",
          "text": "Our problem is to force out the fascination of this present-day externalism, and our only solution lies in the centering of our desire and faith upon that wealth and luxury that ennoblizes and endures the luxury of a clean, honest life, the wealth of a worthier conception of the ends and purposes of life.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1966, Ralph Knevet, Amy Marie Charles, The Shorter Poems of Ralph Knevet, page 61:",
          "text": "Hee Britaine shall ennoblize with his witt,",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, James R. Keller, Queer (Un)Friendly Film and Television, page 163:",
          "text": "On this subject the deviations from the novel actually serve to ennoblize George at the same time that they remove him as the center of interest.",
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        "To ennoble."
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        "(rare) To ennoble."
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        {
          "ref": "2011, R. Winston Revie, Uhlig's Corrosion Handbook, page 869:",
          "text": "A more recent innovation utilizes small patches applied directly to the titanium base metal surrounding the crevice in order to ennoblize the occluded titanium within the crevice.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Lloyd H. Hihara, Ralph P.I. Adler, Ronald M. Latanision, Environmental Degradation of Advanced and Traditional Engineering Materials, page 144:",
          "text": "The protection appears to be of a galvanic nature, where the platinum group metal ennoblizes the entire surface of the Grade 2 over great distances (throwing power), making it behave as if it were a Grade 7 titanium material.",
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        "To protect (a metal) from oxidation."
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        "(rare) To protect (a metal) from oxidation."
      ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ennoblise"
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          "ref": "1906, The Lafayette Weekly - Volume 33, page 225:",
          "text": "Our problem is to force out the fascination of this present-day externalism, and our only solution lies in the centering of our desire and faith upon that wealth and luxury that ennoblizes and endures the luxury of a clean, honest life, the wealth of a worthier conception of the ends and purposes of life.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1966, Ralph Knevet, Amy Marie Charles, The Shorter Poems of Ralph Knevet, page 61:",
          "text": "Hee Britaine shall ennoblize with his witt,",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, James R. Keller, Queer (Un)Friendly Film and Television, page 163:",
          "text": "On this subject the deviations from the novel actually serve to ennoblize George at the same time that they remove him as the center of interest.",
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        }
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        "To ennoble."
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        "(rare) To ennoble."
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          "ref": "2011, R. Winston Revie, Uhlig's Corrosion Handbook, page 869:",
          "text": "A more recent innovation utilizes small patches applied directly to the titanium base metal surrounding the crevice in order to ennoblize the occluded titanium within the crevice.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Lloyd H. Hihara, Ralph P.I. Adler, Ronald M. Latanision, Environmental Degradation of Advanced and Traditional Engineering Materials, page 144:",
          "text": "The protection appears to be of a galvanic nature, where the platinum group metal ennoblizes the entire surface of the Grade 2 over great distances (throwing power), making it behave as if it were a Grade 7 titanium material.",
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        }
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      ],
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        "(rare) To protect (a metal) from oxidation."
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