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Vinony

edify

verb

  1. build up physically, spiritually, or intellectually
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪfaɪ/

verb

Etymology: From Old French edifier (“to build, to edify”), from Latin aedificare (“build”).

  1. To build, construct.

    “That Castle was most goodly edifyde, / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde […]”

  2. To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

    “frustrate the best endeavours in the edifying of the church”

    “January 23, 1783, Edward Gibbon, letter to Dr. Priestley It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public.”