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edifying 音标拼音: ['ɛdəf,ɑɪɪŋ] a. 有教训意味的,有益的,教训性的 有教训意味的,有益的,教训性的 edifying adj 1: enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read" [synonym: {edifying}, {enlightening}] [ant: {unedifying}, {unenlightening}] Edifying \Ed"i*fy`ing\, a. Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. -- {Ed"i*fy`ing*ly}, adv. -- {Ed"i*fy`ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Edify \Ed"i*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Edified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Edifying}.] [F. ['e]difier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. ? to burn, Skr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. [=a]d, OIr. aed fire) facere to make. See {Fact}, {-fy}.] 1. To build; to construct. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] There was a holy chapel edified. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach. [1913 Webster] It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster] 3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 24 Moby Thesaurus words for "edifying": autodidactic, coeducational, cultural, didactic, disciplinary, educating, educational, educative, enlightening, exhortatory, homiletic, hortatory, illuminating, informative, initiatory, instructive, introductory, lecturing, preaching, preceptive, propaedeutic, self-teaching, teaching, tuitionary
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