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1_million_words2023-12-30 08:35 pm
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Word of the Day 12/30/23 Edify
Edify (verb)
ed·i·fy [ed-uh-fahy] (previously 10-07-13)
verb (used with object)
1. to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
Origin: 1300–50; Middle English edifien < Anglo-French, Old French edifier < Latin aedificare to build, equivalent to aedi- (stem of aedes ) house, temple + -ficare -fy
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ed·i·fy [ed-uh-fahy] (previously 10-07-13)
verb (used with object)
1. to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
Origin: 1300–50; Middle English edifien < Anglo-French, Old French edifier < Latin aedificare to build, equivalent to aedi- (stem of aedes ) house, temple + -ficare -fy
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.