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To make noble; to nobiliate.

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  1. v. t. To make noble; to nobiliate.
  2. To make noble; to nobiliate. [Obs.] NOBILI'S RINGS No"bi*li's rings. [After Leopoldo Nobili, an Italian physicist who first described them in 1826.] (Physics) Colored rings formed upon a metal plate by the electrolytic disposition of copper, lead peroxide, etc. They may be produced by touching with a pointed zinc rod a silver plate on which is a solution of copper sulphate.
  3. To make noble; to nobiliate. [Obs.]