edify
Use Edify in a sentence
ə verb (used with object), ed·i·fied, ed·i·fy·ing.
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English edifien < Anglo-French, Old French edifier < Latin aedificāre to build, equivalent to aedi- (stem of aedes) house, temple + -ficāre -fy
1300–50; Middle English edifien < Anglo-French, Old French edifier < Latin aedificāre to build, equivalent to aedi- (stem of aedes) house, temple + -ficāre -fy
Related forms
ed·i·fi·er, noun
ed·i·fy·ing·ly, adverb
non·ed·i·fied, adjective
re·ed·i·fy, verb (used with object), re·ed·i·fied, re·ed·i·fy·ing.
un·ed·i·fied, adjective
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| —vb , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| (tr) to improve the morality, intellect, etc, of, esp by instruction | |
| [C14: from Old French edifier, from Latin aedificāre to construct, from aedēs a dwelling, temple + facere to make] | |
| 'edifier | |
| —n | |
| 'edifying | |
| —adj | |
| 'edifyingly | |
| —adv | |
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | edify1 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to build, construct; to establish |
| Etymology: | Latin aedes 'building' + -ficare 'to make' |
| Usage: | transitive |
| Main Entry: | edify2 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to build up, establish, or strengthen a person, institution, etc.; to uplift |
| Etymology: | Latin aedes 'building' + -ficare 'to make' |
| Usage: | transitive |
| Main Entry: | edify3 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to inform or enlighten intellectually or spiritually |
| Etymology: | Latin aedes 'building' + -ficare 'to make' |
| Usage: | transitive |
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Word Origin & History
edify
mid-14c., a figurative use, from O.Fr. edifier, from L. ædificare "to build, construct," in L.L. "improve spiritually, instruct" (see edifice). Related: Edified; edifying.
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Example sentences
Such ought to be the zeal of every one to instruct and edify his neighbour by word and example.
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Please regale and edify us with the bounties of our goodness in government.
Despite its flaws, this volume nonetheless will edify and absorb the reader.
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