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| Main Entry: | edify1 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to build, construct; to establish |
| Etymology: | Latin aedes 'building' + -ficare 'to make' |
| Usage: | transitive |
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edify
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| 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 |
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| 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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ed·i·fy 
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Audio Help [ed-uh-fahy] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
| to instruct or benefit, esp. morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME edifien < AF, OF edifier < L aedificāre to build, equiv. to aedi- (s. of aedes) house, temple + -ficāre -fy]
] —Related forms
ed·i·fi·er, noun
ed·i·fy·ing·ly, adverb
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| ed·i·fy
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tr.v. ed·i·fied, ed·i·fy·ing, ed·i·fies To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement. [Middle English edifien, from Old French edifier, from Late Latin aedificāre, to instruct spiritually, from Latin, to build; see edifice.] ed'i·fi'er n. |
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edify
1340, a fig. use, from O.Fr. edifier, from L. ædificare "to build, construct," in L.L. "improve spiritually, instruct" (see edifice).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| edify | |
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| make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal" [syn: enlighten] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
edify [ˈedifai] verb
to improve the mind or morals of
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Edify
[AE]"dile\, n. [L. aedilis, fr. aedes temple, public building. Cf. Edify.] A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Edify
Ed"i*fi*cant\, a. [L. aedificans, -antis, p. pr. of aedificare. See Edify.] Building; constructing. [R.] --Dugard.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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edify was Word of the Day on August 28, 1999.
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