| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ed·i·fy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   d  -f  |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ed·i·fied, ed·i·fy·ing, ed·i·fies
To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English edifien, from Old French edifier, from Late Latin aedific re, to instruct spiritually, from Latin, to build. See edifice. | | OTHER FORMS: | edi·fier —NOUN
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