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edify

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"Instruct morally"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛdɪfaɪ/Part of speech verbSorted defiyStarts with EEnds with Y1 clues
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Definitions

  1. make understand

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

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

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