edify en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛdɪfaɪ/
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Etymology
From Old French edifier (“to build, to edify”), from Latin aedificare (“build”).
Meanings
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(archaic) To build, construct.
That Castle was most goodly edifyde, / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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(transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
That they ought to edify one another by maintaining and promoting the knowledge of truth.
1813, The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, Vol. VI, page 455:frustrate the best endeavours in the edifying of the church
1641, Francis Bacon, A Wise and Moderate Discourse, Concerning Church-Affaires:January 23, 1783, Edward Gibbon, letter to Dr. Priestley It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| edified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| edified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| edifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ædify | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| edifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
edification · edifying · edifice · edifier · edificator
Translations (22)
th อบรม (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · hu oktat (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · sv uppbygga (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · hu tanít (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · ru назидать (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · bg поучавам (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · cs povznést (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · de erbauen (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · cs poučit (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · de edifizieren (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · pl podnosić na duchu (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · fr édifier (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · pl podnieść na duchu (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · bg назидавам (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · pl dodać otuchy (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · got 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · cs povznášet (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · ru наставля́ть (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · th เทศนา (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · th อบรมบ่มนิสัย (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · pl dodawać otuchy (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) · de bestärken (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually)