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edifies

/ˈɛdɪfaɪz/

edifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of edify.

Meaning of edify

Verb

edify (third-person singular simple present edifies, present participle edifying, simple past and past participle edified)

  1. (archaic) To build, construct.
    • That Castle was most goodly edifyde, / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
    • frustrate the best endeavours in the edifying of the church1641, Francis Bacon, A Wise and Moderate Discourse, Concerning Church-Affaires

Questions about edifies

What is edifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Edifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of edify.
How do you pronounce edifies?
Edifies is pronounced /ˈɛdɪfaɪz/.

Words near edifies in the dictionary

  1. edifices
  2. edificial
  3. edified
  4. edifier
  5. edifiers
  6. edifies
  7. edifiest
  8. edifieth
  9. edify
  10. edifying
  11. edifyingly

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