Definitions
Etymologies
- From edify + -ed. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Others would hear him and be edified, which is one of the purposes of public praise.”
“Now that word 'edified' and the cognate one 'edification' have been enfeebled in signification so as to mean very much less than they did to Luke.”
“I do not mean to trouble you with these, but it seems to me that we may perhaps best understand the writer's intention if we throw together the clauses which stand in the middle of this verse, and take them as being a description of the inward progress, being 'edified' and 'walking in the fear of the”
“There are two things, then -- the being 'edified' and 'walking'; and I wish to say a word or two about each of them.”
“They are two pieces of study of the color of marble architecture, the tints literally "edified," and laid edge to edge as simply on the paper as the stones are on the walls.”
Lectures on Landscape Delivered at Oxford in Lent Term, 1871
“Indeed, I feel edified and elevated, if racked by low-level guilt, just watching the issues pile up on my bookshelf.”
“Now I am entertained and edified by amazing libraries of material instantaneously available to cater to whatever whim or interest.”
“Blessed are the learners, for they shall be edified and fulfilled.”
The Huffington Post: Lama Surya Das: Holiday Prayers and Wishes, Winter Solstice 2011
“I to say nothing of the deer, squirrels, swans, bluebirds and other beasts of the forest was/were entertained, edified and enriched beyond measure by your performance in the Trials and can say with confidence that the results of the study will stay with mankind for a long time, if not eternity.”
Fictionaut: "In The Beginning," What I wanted (aka…Adam & Eve Trade Faves)
“A large part of it was because the story left me edified, left me wanting to be a husband – a friend to my wife – as good as the Albert portrayed in that film.”
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Living Dead in Dallas, by Charlaine H...
New words I discovered while reading this book.
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Noelle Knight "I know this world has plenty of bad people and bad vampires, but I don't believe the majority of the people in this country, or for that matter just here in Texas, would be edified by the sight of a screaming woman burning to death." -Charlaine Harris, Living Dead in Dallas Dec 10, 2010