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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
edify /ˈɛdɪfʌɪ/

▶verb (edifies, edifying, edified) formal instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

– derivatives
edification noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. edifier, from L. aedificare ‘build’, from aedis ‘dwelling’ + facere ‘make’ (cf. edifice).

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