Definition of edify Edify

/ɛˈdʌfajˌ/ - [edufay] - ed•i•fy

We found 9 definitions of edify from 5 different sources.

What does edify mean?

Verb
edify - make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"
		enlighten
		teach, instruct, learn accustom gradually to some action or attitude; "The child is taught to obey her parents"

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edify (v. i.)
To build; to construct.
edify (v. i.)
To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.
edify (v. i.)
To teach or persuade.
edify (v. i.)
To improve.

edify
ed′i-fī, v.t. to build: to build up the faith of: to strengthen spiritually towards faith and holiness: to comfort: to improve the mind:—pr.p. ed′ifying; pa.p. ed′ified.—n. Edificā′tion, instruction: progress in knowledge or in goodness.—adj. Ed′ificatory, tending to edification.—n. Ed′ifice, a large building or house.—adj. Edific′ial, structural.—n. Ed′ifier, one who edifies.—adj. Ed′ifying, instructive: improving.—adv. Ed′ifyingly. [Fr. édifier—L. ædificāre—ædes, a house, facĕre, to make.]

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edify in sign language