ingentilire

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to refine or civilize
  2. (transitive) to artificially select
  3. (literary, transitive) to adorn
  4. (intransitive, rare) to become kind/kinder or (more) refined
  5. (archaic, intransitive) to become noble, to ennoble oneself

Etymology

From in- + gentile + -ire.

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