Noble /(?)/

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Noble

a.
  1. 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.
  2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.
  3. 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.

Phrases & Compounds
Noble gas
a gaseous element belonging to group VIII of the periodic table of elements, not combining with other elements under normal reaction conditions; specifically, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, or radon; also called inert gas.
Noble metals
silver, gold, and platinum; -- so called from their resistance to oxidation by air and to dissolution by acids. Copper, mercury, aluminium, palladium, rhodium, iridium, and osmium are sometimes included.

Noble

n.
  1. A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
  2. An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61 [in 1913].
  3. A European fish; the lyrie. (Zool.)

Noble

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