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edify (v.)
1.(figurative)make understand"Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"
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EdifyEd"i*fy (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Edified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edifying.] [F. édifier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. � to burn, Skr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. ād, 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.
EdifyEd"i*fy, v. i. To improve. [R.] Swift.
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