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The act of dulcifying or sweetening. Boyle.

Sweetened; mollified. Dulcified spirit or spirits, a compound of alcohol with mineral acids; as, dulcified spirits of niter.

Flowing sweetly. [R.]

Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please. As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco. Hawthorne.

To make stupid in intellect. [R.] Bp. Warburton.

submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.

A nickname for auricular confession; shrift. [Obs.] Cartwright.

The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.

One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.

Building; constructing. [R.] Dugard.

The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction. The assured edification of his church. Bp. Hall. Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification. Addison.…

Tending to edification. Bp. Hall.

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.

Pertaining to an edifice; structural.

One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.

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

Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. -- Ed"i*fy`ing*ly, adv. -- Ed"i*fy`ing*ness, n.

Capable of receiving electricity, or of being charged with it.

The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.

To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.