authorise, empower, authorize - give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

proclaim - declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King"

call, name - assign a specified, proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"

baronetise, baronetize - confer baronetcy upon; "He was baronetized for his loyalty to the country"

lord - make a lord of someone

knight, dub - raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"