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De - Pt| English Dictionary: edify | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for edify | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Edify \Ed"i*fy\, v. i. To improve. [R.] --Swift. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Edify \Ed"i*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Edified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Edifying}.] [F. [82]difier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. [?] to burn, Skr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. [be]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. | |
