a. [ F. nobiliare. See Noble. ] Of or pertaining to the nobility. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A history of noble families. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. nobilis noble + -fy. ] To make noble; to nobiliate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ L. nobilitatus, p. p. of nobilitare. ] To make noble; to ennoble; to exalt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. nobilitation. ] The act of making noble. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilité. See Noble. ] 1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

They thought it great their sovereign to control,
And named their pride nobility of soul. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred. [ 1913 Webster ]

I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to nobility of blood and titles, in the story of Sigismunda. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those who are noble; the collective body of nobles or titled persons in a state; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility. [ 1913 Webster ]