edify
/ˈɛdɪfaɪ/
edify verb: to build, construct.
Verb
edify (third-person singular simple present edifies, present participle edifying, simple past and past participle edified)
- 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
- 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
- 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.
edify meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
edify in Tamil
- நன்னெறி கற்பி
edify in Urdu
- بنانا, ایمان پکا کرنا, تعمیر کرنا
edify in Bengali
- নৈতিক, আধ্যাত্মিক উন্নতি সাধন করা, শিক্ষিত, আলোকিত করা
edify in Malayalam
- അറിവുണ്ടാക്കുക, മാനസികാഭിവൃദ്ധി വരുത്തുക, നന്നാക്കുക, ആത്മീയോന്നതി നേടുക
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- edify in Kannada
- ತಿಳಿಹೇಳು, ದಾರಿತೋರಿಸು
- edify in Thai
- อบรม òp-rom, อบรมบ่มนิสัย, เทศนา têet-sà-nǎa
Forms of edify
| third-person singular present | edifies |
|---|---|
| present participle | edifying |
| past participle | edified |
| past | edified |
| alternative form (obsolete) | ædify |
Origin of edify
From Old French edifier (“to build, to edify”), from Latin aedificare (“build”).
Words formed from edify
Questions about edify
- What does edify mean?
- Edify means to build, construct.
- What is edify in Tamil?
- Edify in Tamil is நன்னெறி கற்பி. See Edify meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is edify?
- Edify is a verb.
- How do you pronounce edify?
- Edify is pronounced /ˈɛdɪfaɪ/.
- What is the past tense of edify?
- The past tense of edify is edified.
Words near edify in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: edify (page history and authors); edify (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); edify (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Edify (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); edify (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); edify (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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