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Good French, going back onto the French can make one noble (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ennoble

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'can make one noble' is the definition.
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'good french going back onto the french' is the wordplay.
'good french' becomes 'bonne' ('good' in French).
'going back' is a reversal indicator.
'onto' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'bonne' back-to-front is 'ennob'.
'ennob'+'le'='ENNOBLE'

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(Other definitions for ennoble that I've seen before include "Lend greater dignity to" , "Create" , "Give rank or title to (someone)" , "Elevate to the aristocracy" , "Elevate in rank" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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