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edify 音标拼音: ['ɛdəf ,ɑɪ] vt. 启迪,熏陶,教诲 启迪,熏陶,教诲 edify v 1: make understand; " Can you enlighten me-- I don' t understand this proposal" [ synonym: { enlighten}, { edify}] Edify \ Ed" i* fy\, v. i. To improve. [ R.] -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster]
Edify \ Ed" i* fy\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Edified}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Edifying}.] [ F. [' e] difier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace ( akin to Gr. ? to burn, Skr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. [= a] d, OIr. aed fire) facere to make. See { Fact}, {- fy}.] 1. To build; to construct. [ Archaic] [ 1913 Webster] There was a holy chapel edified. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach. [ 1913 Webster] It does not appear probable that our dispute [ about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public. -- Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To teach or persuade. [ Obs.] -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 61 Moby Thesaurus words for " edify": acculturate, advance, ameliorate, amend, better, boost, bring forward, broaden the mind, catechize, civilize, demonstrate, direct, educate, elevate, elucidate, emend, enhance, enlighten, enrich, fatten, favor, forward, foster, give instruction, give lessons in, go straight, ground, guide, illume, illumine, improve, improve upon, inform, instruct, irradiate, lard, lift, make an improvement, meliorate, mend, nurture, open the eyes, promote, raise, reeducate, refine upon, reform, school, set right, sharpen the wits, show, show how, socialize, straighten out, teach, teach a lesson, teach the rudiments, transfigure, transform, upgrade, uplift |
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