Tuesday word: Edify
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Edify (verb)
ed·i·fy [ed-uh-fahy]
verb (used with object)
1. to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
OTHER WORDS FROM EDIFY
ed·i·fi·er, noun
non·ed·i·fied, adjective
re·ed·i·fy, verb (used with object), re·ed·i·fied, re·ed·i·fy·ing.
un·ed·i·fied, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO EDIFY
enlighten, uplift, educate, improve, teach
See synonyms for Edify on Thesaurus.com
Origin: 1300–50; Middle English edifien < Anglo-French, Old French edifier < Latin aedificare to build, equivalent to aedi- (stem of aedes ) house, temple + -ficare -fy
HOW TO USE EDIFY IN A SENTENCE
For the plurality of churches, without ministers and order, shall rather hurt than edify.
THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF RELIGION IN SCOTLAND | JOHN KNOX
Historic fidelity is to him a matter of indifference; he is only anxious to edify the reader.
THE APOSTLES | ERNEST RENAN
He will do his best to edify and amuse them: they may remember Cintino some day!
THE BROWNING CYCLOPDIA | EDWARD BERDOE
I must own that the spectacle which I witnessed on the day of my presentation did not edify me.
BIOGRAPHIES OF DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC MEN | FRANCOIS ARAGO
Compassion may display itself in readiness both to relieve the physical needs of another, and to edify his character.
LUX MUNDI | VARIOUS
Edify (verb)
ed·i·fy [ed-uh-fahy]
verb (used with object)
1. to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
OTHER WORDS FROM EDIFY
ed·i·fi·er, noun
non·ed·i·fied, adjective
re·ed·i·fy, verb (used with object), re·ed·i·fied, re·ed·i·fy·ing.
un·ed·i·fied, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO EDIFY
enlighten, uplift, educate, improve, teach
See synonyms for Edify on Thesaurus.com
Origin: 1300–50; Middle English edifien < Anglo-French, Old French edifier < Latin aedificare to build, equivalent to aedi- (stem of aedes ) house, temple + -ficare -fy
HOW TO USE EDIFY IN A SENTENCE
For the plurality of churches, without ministers and order, shall rather hurt than edify.
THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF RELIGION IN SCOTLAND | JOHN KNOX
Historic fidelity is to him a matter of indifference; he is only anxious to edify the reader.
THE APOSTLES | ERNEST RENAN
He will do his best to edify and amuse them: they may remember Cintino some day!
THE BROWNING CYCLOPDIA | EDWARD BERDOE
I must own that the spectacle which I witnessed on the day of my presentation did not edify me.
BIOGRAPHIES OF DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC MEN | FRANCOIS ARAGO
Compassion may display itself in readiness both to relieve the physical needs of another, and to edify his character.
LUX MUNDI | VARIOUS
