Found 3 items, similar to edifying.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: edify
memajukan pendidikan, membawa perbaikan, memperbaiki pendidikan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: edifying
edifying
adj : 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”
[syn:
enlightening] [ant:
unedifying]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Edifying
Edifying
\Ed"i*fy`ing\, a.
Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. --
Ed"i*fy`ing*ly, adv. --
Ed"i*fy`ing*ness, n.
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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]
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There was a holy chapel edified. --Spenser.
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2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious
knowledge; to teach.
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It does not appear probable that our dispute [about
miracles] would either edify or enlighten the
public. --Gibbon.
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3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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