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Meanings of edify in English

Catalan
il·lustrar
Spanish
iluminar

Make understand.

il·lustrar
Synonyms
Examples for "enlighten"
Examples for "enlighten"
1
I fully expect 'Shooting Straight' to enlighten some readers and enrage others.
Reuters
2
Sony fails to enlighten us, but it's pretty easy to work out.
Wired
3
Madam, - Perhaps your sporting readers could enlighten me on the following.
The Irish Times
4
At the time I thought him crazed, yet now you enlighten me.
The buried giant
5
I don't think my work could in anyway enlighten people under oppression.
Ebony
Usage of edify in English
1
All things are lawful for me: but all things do not edify.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
2
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as ye do.
The first New Testament printed in English
3
Story means pleasure, as distinct from art; it would rather gratify than edify.
The new yorker
4
The brethren thought it would encourage him and edify the congregation.
Trials and Triumphs of Faith
5
The desire to edify or to show the accomplishment of prophecies is perceptible.
The Life of Jesus
6
It would be a pity to edify your servants with a physical collision.
Destiny
7
But most commonly they were such as might edify but could not delight.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
8
He's going to show him a little country sport to-nicht to edify him.
At the Foot of the Rainbow
9
Come on, now, Ruben, ile up and edify us some more!
At the Foot of the Rainbow
10
But if they pray habitually in the closet, they will edify out of it.
The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss
11
The fervency of those new converts did not less edify Xavier than their number.
The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volume...
12
I am sure it would very much edify us all.
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 03
13
For which cause comfort one another and edify one another, as you also do.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
14
They may be good preachers, but they do not edify.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
15
Contains also remarks on terraces, which are expected to edify.
From a Terrace in Prague
16
Its aim is not to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion.
American Men of Mind
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