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"edify"
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/edify
Etymology - Latin aedificare 'build'.
to edify (third-person singular simple present edifies, present participle edifying, simple past and past participle edified)
1.(transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
1813, The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, Vol. VI, page 455
That they ought to edify one another by maintaining and promoting the knowledge of truth.
> instruct (transitive) To teach or direct; to give instructions.
> improve (intransitive) to become better
> ethics set of principles of right and wrong behaviour
edifice
Etymology - Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, reborrowed from Latin aedificium "building", derived from aedificāre "to build, establish" (whence also edify).
pronunciation audio @> upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...fice.ogg
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/edify
Etymology - Latin aedificare 'build'.
to edify (third-person singular simple present edifies, present participle edifying, simple past and past participle edified)
1.(transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
1813, The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, Vol. VI, page 455
That they ought to edify one another by maintaining and promoting the knowledge of truth.
> instruct (transitive) To teach or direct; to give instructions.
> improve (intransitive) to become better
> ethics set of principles of right and wrong behaviour
edifice
Etymology - Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, reborrowed from Latin aedificium "building", derived from aedificāre "to build, establish" (whence also edify).
pronunciation audio @> upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...fice.ogg
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