Edify

Definition of Edify

Ed´i`fy

v. i.	1.	To build; to construct. [imp. & p. p. Edified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Edifying.] 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.
	1.	To improve.

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