Word Meanings - EDIFY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

fireplace (akin to Gr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. ad, 1. To build; to construct. There was a holy chapel edified. Spenser. 2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach. It does not appear probable

Additional info about word: EDIFY

fireplace (akin to Gr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. ad, 1. To build; to construct. There was a holy chapel edified. Spenser. 2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach. It does not appear probable that our dispute would either edify or enlighten the public. Gibbon. 3. To teach or persuade. Bacon.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EDIFY)

• Enlighten
• Illumine
• edify
• instruct
• illuminate
• inform
• teach
• Inform
• educate
• acquaint
• apprise
• communicate
• notify
• tell
• impart
• Instruct
• indoctrinate
• train
• discipline
• direct
• initiate
• command

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of EDIFY)

• Supplicate
• entreat
• persuade
• beg
• petition
• suggest
• represent

Related words: (words related to EDIFY)

• INFORMITY
  Want of regular form; shapelessness.
• SUPPLICATE
  supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease , or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees . Cf. 1. To
• DIRECT CURRENT
  A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the
• TEACHER
  1. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor. 2. One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.
• DIRECTER
  One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.
• TEACHABLENESS
  Willingness to be taught.
• SUGGESTER
  One who suggests. Beau. & Fl.
• SUGGEST
  1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To propose with difference or modesty;
• PERSUADER
  One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
• INFORMOUS
  Of irregular form; shapeless. Sir T. Browne.
• ILLUMINATE
  in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen light. See Luminous, and cf. 1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten. 2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in
• PERSUADED
  Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• ACQUAINTANCE
  1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him. Contract
• SUGGESTRESS
  A woman who suggests. "The suggestress of suicides." De Quincey.
• ILLUMINER
  One who, or that which, illuminates.
• REPRESENTABLE
  Capable of being represented.
• COMMANDING
  1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn.
• SUGGESTION
  Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party. (more info) 1. The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea. 2. That which is suggested;
• ACQUAINTED
  Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.
• STRAINABLE
  1. Capable of being strained. 2. Violent in action. Holinshed.
• WELL-INFORMED
  Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• SCHOOL-TEACHER
  One who teaches or instructs a school. -- School"-teach`ing, n.
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• SELF-IMPARTING
  Imparting by one's own, or by its own, powers and will. Norris.