English-Thai Dictionary

edify

VI อบรมสั่งสอน  ob-rom-sang-sorn

 

edifying

A ที่ อบรมสั่งสอน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EDIFY

v.t.[L. oedifico; oedes, a house, and facio, to make. ] 1. To build, in a literal sense. [Not now used. ]
2. To instruct and improve the mind in knowledge generally, and particularly in moral and religious knowledge, in faith and holiness.
Edify one another. 1 Thessalonians 5:11.
3. To teach or persuade. [Not used. ]

 

EDIFYING

ppr. Building up in christian knowledge; instructing; improving the mind.

 

EDIFYINGLY

adv. In an edifying manner.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

EDIFY

EDIFY Ed "i *fy, v. i.

 

Defn: To improve. [R.] Swift.

 

EDIFYING

EDIFYING Ed "i *fy `ing, a.

 

Defn: Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. -- Ed "i *fy `ing *ly, adv. -- Ed "i *fy `ing *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

edify

ed i fy |ˈedəˌfī ˈɛdəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( edifies, edifying, edified ) [ with obj. ] formal instruct or improve (someone ) morally or intellectually. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French edifier, from Latin aedificare ‘build, ’ from aedis ‘dwelling ’ + facere ‘make ’ (compare with edifice ). The word originally meant ‘construct a building, ’ also ‘strengthen, ’ hence to “build up ” morally or spiritually.

 

edifying

ed i fy ing |ˈedəˌfī -iNG ˈɛdəˌfaɪɪŋ | ▶adjective providing moral or intellectual instruction: edifying literature. DERIVATIVES ed i fy ing ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

edify

edify |ˈɛdɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( edifies, edifying, edified ) [ with obj. ] formal instruct or improve (someone ) morally or intellectually. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French edifier, from Latin aedificare ‘build ’, from aedis ‘dwelling ’ + facere ‘make ’ (compare with edifice ). The word originally meant ‘construct a building ’, also ‘strengthen ’, hence to ‘build up ’ morally.

 

edifying

edify |ing |ˈɛdɪfʌɪɪŋ | ▶adjective providing moral or intellectual instruction: edifying literature. • [ with negative ] used to express one's disapproval of something: seeing a person blind drunk is not an edifying sight. DERIVATIVES edifyingly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

edify

edify verb formal students who have no desire to be edified should leave my classroom and take up thumb-twiddling: educate, instruct, teach, school, tutor, train, guide; enlighten, inform, cultivate, develop, improve, better. WORD NOTE edifying Though, strictly speaking, it still means instructive, one hardly hears this word (or, for that matter, edify and edification ) used anymore without a slightly ironic edge. The listeners were subjected to an edifying speech about the lecturer's accomplishments. Her discourse on table manners was intended for our edification. Perhaps it's because the slightly old-fashioned diction evokes an era in which writers and speakers commonly felt the urge or obligation to raise the moral, spiritual, and intellectual level of their audiences, and because we have grown impatient with, or cynical about, the wish to improve us in that way. Improving, a word of which I'm also fond, has a similar connotation, possibly more ironic. The novel contained many improving moral lessons. — FP Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

edify

edify verb formal no doubt Hamish will edify us on the subject: educate, instruct, teach, school, tutor, coach, train, guide; enlighten, inform, cultivate, develop, inculcate, indoctrinate, improve, better, uplift, elevate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

edify

ed i fy /édɪfàɪ /動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠…を教化 [啓発 ]する (enlighten ); …の道徳心を高める .

 

edifying

é d i fy ing 形容詞 ｟かたく /おどけて ｠心を啓発する, 徳性を向上させる, 教化的な, 教訓的な (instructive ).