Definition of EDIFY
1
archaic
a : build
b : establish
2
: to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift; also : enlighten, inform
Examples of EDIFY
These books will both entertain and edify readers.
<a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it>
Origin of EDIFY
Middle English, from Anglo-French edifier, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin aedificare to instruct or improve spiritually, from Latin, to erect a house, from aedes temple, house; akin to Old English ād funeral pyre, Latin aestas summer
First Known Use: 14th century