edify

ed·i·fy  (d-f)

tr.v. ed·i·fied, ed·i·fy·ing, ed·i·fies

To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement.

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[Middle English edifien, from Old French edifier, from Late Latin aedificre, to instruct spiritually, from Latin, to build; see edifice.]

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edi·fier n.

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edify [ˈɛdɪˌfaɪ]

vb -fies, -fying, -fied

(tr) to improve the morality, intellect, etc., of, esp by instruction

[from Old French edifier, from Latin aedificāre to construct, from aedēs a dwelling, temple + facere to make]

edifier  n

edifying  adj

edifyingly  adv

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

edify - make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal" enlighten instruct, teach, learn - impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"

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edify

verb instruct, school, teach, inform, guide, improve, educate, nurture, elevate, enlighten, uplift the ability of comedy to edify as well as to entertain an audience

Translations

edify [ˈedɪfaɪ] VT → edificar

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edify

vt → erbauen

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edify [ˈɛdɪˌfaɪ] vt → edificare

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edify

v edify [ˈedifai]

to improve the mind or morals of. onderrig, geestelik verbeter يَكونُ قُدْوَةً صالِحَه للغَيْر، يُنَوِّرُ поучавам povznášet berige; oplyse belehren καλλιεργώ (μτφ.), εξυψώνω το πνεύμα και το ήθος edificar harima تهذیب کردن؛ تزکیه کردن ylentää édify לְחָנֵך आध्यात्मिक उपदेश देना podizati oktat memajukan, memperbaiki moral edificare, ammaestrare 啓発する ...의 덕성(德性)을 함양하다 pamokyti pamācīt memupuk vormen, opbouwen, stichten, verbeteren være (moralsk) oppbyggelig rozwinąć, wzmocnić наставлять povzniesť, navádzať k lepšiemu životu vzgajati poboljšati bygga upp, verka uppbyggande สั่งสอน; อบรมศีลธรรม; เทศนา; กระตุ้น öğretmek, (manen) aydınlatmak 教誨，啟發 повчати بصیرت بخشنا khai trí 教诲，启发

n edifiˈcation

I told you that piece of news for your edification. opbouing تَنْوير، تَثْقيف، تَحْسين назидание poučení berigelse die Belehrung διαπαιδαγώγηση, καλλιέργεια edificación harimine تهذیب؛ تزکیه valistus édification חִינוּך मानसिक उन्नति poučavanje tájékoztatás, épülés perbaikan, pendidikan moral beneficio 啓発する (도덕적, 종교적인) 계발(啓發) pamokymas pamācīšana; pamācība pemupukan akhlak vorming (moralsk) oppbyggelse budujący wpływ, nauka назидание poučenie, povznesenie izobrazba jačanje morala upplysning, uppbyggelse การสั่งสอนอบรม öğretme, aydınlatma 啟迪 настанова, повчання بصیرت بخشنے کا عمل sự khai trí 启迪

adj edifying

instructive; morally improving an edifying lecture. geesverheffing تَنْويري، تَثْقيفي назидателен poučný berigende; opbyggende belehrend παιδαγωγικός, ηθικοπλαστικός edificante hariv, õpetlik آموزشی؛ تهذیبی valistava édifiant מְחָנֵך शिक्षाप्रद poučan tanulságos untuk memperbaiki moral edificante ためになる 교화하는 pamokomas pamācošs membina instructief, leerzaam utbytterik; oppbyggende, moralsk budujący нравоучитель– ный poučný, povznášajúci poučen; vzgojen koji jača moral uppbygglig เกี่ยวกับการสั่งสอนอบรม öğretici, aydınlatıcı 教訓性的, 有益的 повчальний اخلاقی طور پر بہتر có tính khai trí 教训性的,有益的