EDIFY


Meaning of EDIFY in English

v.tr. (-ies, -ied) (of a circumstance, experience, etc.) instruct and improve morally or intellectually.

Derivatives:

edification n. edifying adj. edifyingly adv.

Etymology: ME f. OF edifier f. L aedificare (as EDIFICE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.