Edify
/ˈɛdɪfaɪ/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To build, construct. archaic
"That Castle was most goodly edifyde, / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde […]"
- 2 make understand wordnet
- 3 To instruct or improve morally or intellectually. transitive
"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."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Good books can edify the mind as well as entertain it."
Etymology
From Old French edifier (“to build, to edify”), from Latin aedificare (“build”).