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EDIFY
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Irregular inflected form: edified
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they edify ... he / she / it edifies
Past simple: edified
Past participle: edified
-ing form: edifying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make understand
Example:
Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal
Synonyms:
edify; enlighten
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "edify" is one way to...):
instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to edify Sue
Derivation:
edification (uplifting enlightenment)
