NOBLE

a. n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong To nobler poets for a nobler song. Dryden.

2.
a.

Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.

3.
a.

Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.

4.
n.

A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.

5.
n.

An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61.

6.
n.

A European fish; the lyrie.

7.
v.

To make noble; to ennoble. [Obs.] Thou nobledest so far forth our nature. Chaucer.


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