About The Word Edify
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Edify
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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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