EDIFY

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To build; to construct. [Archaic] There was a holy chapel edified. Spenser.

2.
v.

To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach. It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public. Gibbon.

3.
v.

To teach or persuade. [Obs.] Bacon.

4.
v.

To improve. [R.] Swift.

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