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Anne Boleyn's deprived of any special honour (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ennoble

'honour' is the definition.
(ennobling is a kind of honouring)

'anne boleyn's deprived of any special' is the wordplay.
'deprived of' is a deletion indicator.
'special' is an anagram indicator.
'anne'+'boleyn'='anneboleyn'
'anneboleyn' with 'any' taken out is 'nebolen'.
'nebolen' anagrammed gives 'ENNOBLE'.

(Other definitions for ennoble that I've seen before include "Dignify" , "Elevate to peerage" , "Elevate to knighthood" , "Elevate to the aristocracy" , "Raise to greater dignity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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