edified (verb)

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• edify — verb, formal students who have no desire to be edified should leave my classroom and take up thumb twiddling Syn: educate, instruct, teach, school, tutor, train, guide; enlighten, inform, cultivate, develop, improve, better …   Thesaurus of popular words

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• edify — UK [ˈedɪfaɪ] / US [ˈedəˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms edify : present tense I/you/we/they edify he/she/it edifies present participle edifying past tense edified past participle edified formal to teach someone something that increases their… …   English dictionary

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• edify — [ ɛdɪfʌɪ] verb (edifies, edifying, edified) formal instruct or improve morally or intellectually. Derivatives edification noun Origin ME: from OFr. edifier, from L. aedificare build , from aedis dwelling + facere make (cf. edifice …   English new terms dictionary

• edify — /ˈɛdəfaɪ / (say eduhfuy) verb (t) (edified, edifying) to build up or increase the faith, morality, etc., of; instruct or benefit, especially morally. {Middle English edifie(n), from Old French edifier, from Latin aedificāre build} –edifier, noun… …  

• edification — edify ► VERB (edifies, edified) ▪ instruct or improve morally or intellectually. DERIVATIVES edification noun edifying adjective. ORIGIN Latin aedificare build …   English terms dictionary

• edify — ► VERB (edifies, edified) ▪ instruct or improve morally or intellectually. DERIVATIVES edification noun edifying adjective. ORIGIN Latin aedificare build …   English terms dictionary

• edifying — edify ► VERB (edifies, edified) ▪ instruct or improve morally or intellectually. DERIVATIVES edification noun edifying adjective. ORIGIN Latin aedificare build …   English terms dictionary