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Edify

Edify Meaning & Definition
Edify Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Edify?

[v] make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Edify: enlighten

Related Terms | Find terms related to Edify: acculturate | advance | ameliorate | amend | better | boost | bring forward | broaden the mind | catechize | civilize | demonstrate | direct | educate | elevate | elucidate | emend | enhance | enlighten | enrich | fatten | favor | forward | foster | give instruction | give lessons in | go straight | ground | guide | illume | illumine | improve | improve upon | inform | instruct | irradiate | lard | lift | make an improvement | meliorate | mend | nurture | open the eyes | promote | raise | reeducate | refine upon | reform | school | set right | sharpen the wits | show | show how | socialize | straighten out | teach | teach a lesson | teach the rudiments | transfigure | transform | upgrade | uplift

See Also | instruct | learn | teach

Edify In Webster's Dictionary

\Ed"i*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Edified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Edifying}.] [F. ['e]difier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. ? to burn, Skr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. [=a]d, OIr. aed fire) + facere to make. See {Fact}, {-fy}.] 1. To build; to construct. [Archaic] There was a holy chapel edified. --Spenser. 2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach. It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public. --Gibbon. 3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] --Bacon.
\Ed"i*fy\, v. i. To improve. [R.] --Swift.

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