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edify

verb
/ˈɛdɪfaɪ/

Etymology

From Old French edifier (“to build, to edify”), from Latin aedificare (“build”).

  1. derived from aedificare — “build”
  2. derived from edifier — “to build, to edify”

Definitions

  1. To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

    • frustrate the best endeavours in the edifying of the church
    • 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.
    • That they ought to edify one another by maintaining and promoting the knowledge of truth.

  2. To build, construct.

    • That Castle was most goodly edifyde, / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde […]

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Derived

disedify, reedify

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA