ed|i|fy

ed|i|fy «EHD uh fy», transitive verb, -fied, -fy|ing.

1. to improve morally; benefit spiritually; instruct and uplift: »

People go to church to be edified by the sermon and the religious lessons. Let us therefore follow after the things…wherewith one may edify another (Romans 14:19).

2. Archaic. to build; construct.

3. Obsolete. to establish; organize.

╂[< Old French edifier < Latin aedificāre build (up); see etym. under edifice (Cf. ↑edifice)]

–ed´i|fy´ing|ly, adverb.