How do you pronounce edify?

edify is pronounced as /ˈɛdɪfaɪ/.

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📚edify (é-di-faï)

verb

/ˈɛdɪfaɪ/

édifier (édifier)

edifice edifying

Signification

To instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually.

Traduction de la signification

instruire ou améliorer quelqu'un moralement ou intellectuellement

Phrases d'exemple

Good books can both entertain and edify the reader.

Les bons livres peuvent à la fois divertir et édifier le lecteur.

Expressions d'exemple

edify the mind

édifier l'esprit

Synonymes

educate, instruct, enlighten, teach, uplift

Antonymes

confuse, mislead

Collocations

edify the mind, morally edify, spiritually edify, edify others

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