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Edify

//ˈɛdɪfaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To build, construct. archaic

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

  2. 2
    make understand wordnet
  3. 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."

Etymology

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

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