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edify

[ ed-uh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

edified, edifying.
  1. to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift:

    religious paintings that edify the viewer.



edify

/ ˈɛɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. tr to improve the morality, intellect, etc, of, esp by instruction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ徱ˌڲ⾱Բ, adverb
  • ˈ徱ˌڲ⾱Բ, adjective
  • ˈ徱ˌھ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··ھ· noun
  • ԴDz···ھ adjective
  • ···ڲ verb (used with object) reedified reedifying
  • ܲ···ھ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of edify1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English edifien, from Anglo-French, Old French edifier, from Latin 徱ھ “to build,” equivalent to aedi- (stem of aedes ) “house, temple” + -fy
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of edify1

C14: from Old French edifier, from Latin 徱ھ to construct, from ŧ a dwelling, temple + facere to make
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But it’s an edifying experience, hurtling forward with only the mighty light of intrepid wonder to guide us.

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It’s also a central pillar of the pair’s edifying new sitcom.

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I was doing that job, less than part time, for only a brief period, while for the adults working in the dining hall, it was a more permanent and far less edifying condition.

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It’s always such an incredible, edifying experience to be around somebody who is a master at their craft.

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This may have been a low point, but not even the more edifying moments of the discussion shed much light on the essential conflict between Brustein’s commitment to integration and Wilson’s appeal for separatism.

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