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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
edifying
adj 1: enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual
or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served
an edifying purpose even for those who could not read"
[syn: edifying, enlightening] [ant: unedifying,
unenlightening]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Edifying \Ed"i*fy`ing\, a.
Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. --
Ed"i*fy`ing*ly, adv. -- Ed"i*fy`ing*ness, n.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Edify \Ed"i*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Edified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Edifying.] [F. ['e]difier, L. aedificare; aedes a building,
house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. ? to burn, Skr. idh to
kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. [=a]d, OIr. aed fire) +
facere to make. See Fact, -fy.]
1. To build; to construct. [Archaic]
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There was a holy chapel edified. --Spenser.
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2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious
knowledge; to teach.
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It does not appear probable that our dispute [about
miracles] would either edify or enlighten the
public. --Gibbon.
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3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Thesaurus Results for Edifying:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
autodidactic, coeducational, cultural, didactic, disciplinary, educating, educational, educative, enlightening, exhortatory, homiletic, hortatory, illuminating, informative, initiatory, instructive, introductory, lecturing, preaching, preceptive, propaedeutic, self-teaching, teaching, tuitionary |
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Common Misspellings > |
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