Edify
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɛdɪfaɪ/
Alternative forms
- ædify archaic
Origin
From Old French edifier ("to build, to edify"), from Latin aedificare ("build").
Full definition of edify
Verb
- (now rare) To build, construct.
- Spenser Faerie Queene, III.i:That Castle was most goodly edifyde,
And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde ... - (transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
- GibbonIt does not appear probable that our dispute miracles would either edify or enlighten the public.
- 1813, The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, Vol. VI, page 455That they ought to edify one another by maintaining and promoting the knowledge of truth.