edify

One entry found for edify.

Main Entry: ed·i·fy
Pronunciation: 'e-d&-"fI
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -fied; -fy·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French edifier, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin aedificare to instruct or improve spiritually, from Latin, to erect a house, from aedes temple, house; akin to Old English Ad funeral pyre, Latin aestas summer
1 archaic a : BUILD b : ESTABLISH
2 : to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : UPLIFT; also : ENLIGHTEN, INFORM