to make understand
communication verb (telling, asking, ordering, singing, etc.)
edified
edifying
edifies
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The performance is likely to edify her.
Middle English edifien from Old French edifier from Latin aedificare, to build,...
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to improve the morality, intellect, etc, of, especially by instruction (10 of 391 words, 4 usage examples, pronunciation)
[archaic] "build" ; "establish" | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; "uplift" ; also, "enlighten", "inform" (19 of 145 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually (7 of 76 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
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Syllabification: (ed·i·fy) | [transitive, formal] | instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually. (11 of 72 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
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to instruct in such a way as to improve, enlighten, or uplift morally, spiritually, or intellectually | [archaic] to build; establish (20 of 72 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement. (12 of 44 words, pronunciation)
to teach someone something that increases their knowledge or improves their character (12 of 42 words, pronunciation)
[rare] To build, construct. | [transitive] To instruct or improve morally or intellectually. (12 of 35 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift. (9 of 22 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
to improve someone's mind (4 of 10 words, pronunciation)
may refer to: Age of Enlightenment, period in Western intellectual history from the late 17th to the late 18th centuries, centered in France but also encompassing: Scottish Enlightenment, period in 18th century Scotland | American Enlightenment, ... (35 of 354 words, 24 definitions)
to improve the morals or knowledge of somebody (8 of 49 words, pronunciation)
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Origin: Middle English edifien from Old French edifier from Latin aedificare, to build, construct (in ecclesiastical Late Latin to edify) ... (19 of 50 etymology words)
First use: 14th century
Origin: Middle English, from Anglo-French edifier, from Late Latin and Latin; Late Latin aedificare to instruct or improve spiritually, from ... (21 of 40 etymology words)
First use: mid-14th century
Origin: "to build, construct", also, in figurative use, "to build up morally or in faith", from Old French edefiier "build, install, teach, instruct ... (24 of 37 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English: from Old French edifier, from Latin aedificare "build", from aedis "dwelling" + facere "make" (compare ... (17 of 34 etymology words)
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Origin: Middle English edifien, from Old French edifier, from Late Latin aedificāre, to instruct spiritually, from Latin, to build; see "edifice".
First use: 14th century
Origin: from Old French edifier, from Latin aedificāre to construct, from aedēs a dwelling, temple + facere to make
Origin: Latin aedificare 'build'.
First use: 14th century
Origin: French édifier from Latin aedificare "build, construct, instruct" from aedis "building, temple" + facere "make"
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