edify

ed·i·fy

 (ĕd′ə-fī′)

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 aedificāre, to instruct spiritually, from Latin, to build; see edifice.]

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ed′i·fi′er n.

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edify

(ˈɛdɪˌfaɪ)

vb, -fies, -fying or -fied

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

[C14: from Old French edifier, from Latin aedificāre to construct, from aedēs a dwelling, temple + facere to make]

ˈediˌfier n

ˈediˌfying adj

ˈediˌfyingly adv

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ed•i•fy

(ˈɛd ə faɪ)

v.t. -fied, -fy•ing.

to instruct or benefit, esp. morally or spiritually; uplift; enlighten.

[1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French edifier < Latin aedificāre to build (Late Latin: to edify, strengthen) =aedi-, s. of aedes house, temple + -ficāre -fy]

ed′i•fi`er, n.

ed′i•fy`ing•ly, adv.

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edify

Past participle: edified
Gerund: edifying

Imperative

edify

edify

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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

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edify

verb

To enable (one) to understand, especially in a spiritual sense:

enlighten, illume, illuminate, illumine.

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Translations

berigeoplyse

belehren

édifier

edificarecostruire

pamokymaspamokyti

være oppbyggelig

navádzať k lepšiemu životu

aydınlatmaköğretmek

启发教诲

edify

[ˈedɪfaɪ] VT → edificar

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edify

vt → erbauen

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edify

[ˈɛdɪˌfaɪ] vt → edificare

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edify

(ˈedifai) verb

to improve the mind or morals of. onderrig, geestelik verbeter يَكونُ قُدْوَةً صالِحَه للغَيْر، يُنَوِّرُ поучавам edificar povznášet belehren berige; oplyse καλλιεργώ, 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 روزل، پالل، تربيه كول، خوى ور ښه كول наставлять povzniesť, navádzať k lepšiemu životu vzgajati poboljšati bygga upp, verka uppbyggande สั่งสอน; อบรมศีลธรรม; เทศนา; กระตุ้น öğretmek, aydınlatmak 教誨，啟發 повчати بصیرت بخشنا khai trí 教诲，启发

ˌedifiˈcation noun

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

ˈedifying adjective

instructive; morally improving. an edifying lecture. geesverheffing تَنْويري، تَثْقيفي назидателен edificante poučný belehrend berigende; opbyggende παιδαγωγικός, ηθικοπλαστικός edificante hariv, õpetlik آموزشی؛ تهذیبی valistava édifiantמחנך शिक्षाप्रद poučan tanulságos untuk memperbaiki moral edificante ためになる 교화하는 pamokomas pamācošs membina instructief, leerzaamutbytterik; oppbyggende, moralsk budujący روزنه، پالنه нравоучитель– ный poučný, povznášajúci poučen; vzgojen koji jača moral uppbygglig เกี่ยวกับการสั่งสอนอบรม öğretici, aydınlatıcı 有啟發性的，有教化作用的 повчальний اخلاقی طور پر بہتر có tính khai trí 有教训性的，有益的

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