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edify

UK/ˈɛdɪfaɪ/ US/ˈɛdʌˌfaɪ/ uncommon archaic

verb

1.

make understand

  • “Can you enlighten me--I don”
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Origin

From Old French edifier (“to build, to edify”), from Latin aedificare (“build”).

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