Hypertext Webster Gateway: "edify"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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]

There was a holy chapel edified. --Spenser.

2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious
knowledge; to teach.

It does not appear probable that our dispute [about
miracles] would either edify or enlighten the
public. --Gibbon.

3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Edify \Ed"i*fy\, v. i.
To improve. [R.] --Swift.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

edify
v : make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand
this proposal" [syn: {enlighten}]


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