Edified

//ˈɛdɪfaɪd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of edify form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Furnished with buildings.

    "Long they thus travelled in friendly wise, / Through countreyes waste, and eke well edifyde [...]."

  2. 2
    Built or constructed.

    "Based on the definition put forward and the fact that the elements surrounding the square should be clearly visible, we can state that it is not the edified elements which delimit the square, but rather, that it is the square which bestows on them a tangential sense of boundary and conformation;"

  3. 3
    Morally or intellectually improved.

    "Will you allow then at once, that their feeling, and their notion of being more edified, will justify their heresies and their schism?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement wordnet

Example

More examples

"Long they thus travelled in friendly wise, / Through countreyes waste, and eke well edifyde [...]."

Etymology

From edify + -ed.

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