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edify
UK /ˈɛdɪfaɪ/ US /ˈɛdɪfaɪ/
verb 2
Definitions
verb
1
To build, construct.
That Castle was most goodly edifyde, / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde […]
2
To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
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.
That they ought to edify one another by maintaining and promoting the knowledge of truth.
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