About The Word Edify
Learn about the word Edify to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Edify definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Edify
| 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. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Enfilade fire ‐ gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of…
- Line feed ‐ the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed…
- Creativity ‐ the ability…
- Docker ‐ a laborer who loads and unloads vessels…
- Sidetrack ‐ a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock…
- Blood donor ‐ someone who gives blood to be used for…
- Mill-hand ‐ a workman in a mill…
- Posterior cardinal vein ‐ a major drainage channel from the caudal part…
- Nave ‐ the central area…
- Rose hip ‐ the fruit of a…