Part 3607

<h1>Edificant</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Ed"i*fi*cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aedificans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>aedificare</ets>. See <er>Edify</er>.]</ety> <def>Building; constructing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dugard.</i>

<h1>Edification</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Ed`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aedificatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82dification</ets>. See <er>Edify</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.</def>

<blockquote>The assured <b>edification</b> of his church. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their <b>edification</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A building or edifice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bullokar.</i>

<h1>Edificatory</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Ed"i*fi*ca`to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to edification.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Edifice</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Ed"i*fice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aedificium</ets>, fr. <ets>aedificare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82difice</ets>. See <er>Edify</er>.]</ety> <def>A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; <as>as, a palace, a church, a statehouse</as>.</def>

<h1>Edificial</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Ed`i*fi"cial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aedificialis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to an edifice; structural.</def>

<h1>Edifier</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Ed"i*fi`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who builds.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.</def>

<h1>Edify</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Ed"i*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Edified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Edifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82difier</ets>, L. <ets>aedificare</ets>; <ets>aedes</ets> a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. <?/ to burn, Skr. <ets>idh</ets> to kindle, OHG. <ets>eit</ets> funeral pile, AS. <ets>\'bed</ets>, OIr. <ets>aed</ets> fire) + <ets>facere</ets> to make. See <er>Fact</er>, <er>-fy</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To build; to construct.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>There was a holy chapel <b>edified</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.</def>

<blockquote>It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either <b>edify</b> or enlighten the public. <i>Gibbon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To teach or persuade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>