EDIFIED
edified
(adjective) instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement
EDIFY
enlighten, edify
(verb) make understand; “Can you enlighten me--I don’t understand this proposal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
edified
simple past tense and past participle of edify
Adjective
edified (comparative more edified, superlative most edified)
(obsolete) Furnished with buildings.
Anagrams
• deified
Source: Wiktionary
EDIFY
Ed"i*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Edified; p. pr. & vb. n. Edifying.]
Etym: [F. édifier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a
fireplace (akin to Gr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. ad,
OIr. aed fire) + facere to make. See Fact, -fy.]
1. To build; to construct. [Archaic]
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 [about miracles] would
either edify or enlighten the public. Gibbon.
3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] Bacon.
Ed"i*fy, v. i.
Definition: To improve. [R.] Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition