edified
(adjective) instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement
enlighten, edify
(verb) make understand; “Can you enlighten me--I don’t understand this proposal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
edified
simple past tense and past participle of edify
edified (comparative more edified, superlative most edified)
(obsolete) Furnished with buildings.
• deified
Source: Wiktionary
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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
