Antonyms for edify
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ed-uh-fahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛd ə faɪ |
Definition of edify
Origin :- mid-14c., "to build, construct," also, in figurative use, "to build up morally or in faith," from Old French edefiier "build, install, teach, instruct (morally)," from Latin aedificare "to build, construct," in Late Latin "improve spiritually, instruct" (see edifice). Related: Edified; edifying.
- verb instruct
- But your mirth-makers, can you say they benefit the body or edify the soul?
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- Contains also remarks on terraces, which are expected to edify.
- Extract from : « From a Terrace in Prague » by Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
- Its aim is not to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion.
- Extract from : « American Men of Mind » by Burton E. Stevenson
- What shocks one part will edify the rest, Nor with one system can they all be blest.
- Extract from : « Essay on Man » by Alexander Pope
- He had no idea even now how bad matters were, nor did she care to edify him.
- Extract from : « A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike » by Charles King
- Oh all you gallants, that hope to be saued by your cloathes, edify, edify.
- Extract from : « The Fatal Dowry » by Philip Massinger
- It can edify the readers with the history of remarkable piety and virtue.
- Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various
- To edify each other by conference, prayer, and disputations.
- Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
- Historic fidelity is to him a matter of indifference; he is only anxious to edify the reader.
- Extract from : « The Apostles » by Ernest Renan
- They may edify each other, they certainly have no power of edifying any one else.
- Extract from : « The Religious Life of London » by J. Ewing Ritchie
Synonyms for edify
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