Why this word is great
NOBILITATE — [Verb] To make noble; to ennoble or exalt in rank or character. From Classical Latin nōbilitāt-, the past participial stem of nōbilitāre ("to make noble, ennoble"), from nōbilis ("noble"). Unlike "ennoble," which often implies formal conferral of a title, or "dignify," which suggests bestowing honor by association, to nobilitate is to perform a more profound alchemy upon essence itself. It is the slow process that turns a mercenary impulse into a sacrificial duty, that coaxes a wild rose into a cultivar of breathtaking form, and that allows a plain task, performed with unwavering care, to acquire the gravity of a sacrament—a quiet insistence that action might not merely decorate, but redeem.