EDIFY


Meaning of EDIFY in English

v.tr. (-ies, -ied) (of a circumstance, experience, etc.) instruct and improve morally or intellectually. edification n. edifying adj. edifyingly adv.

[ ME f. OF edifier f. L aedificare (as EDIFICE) ]

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