EDIFY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: edified

Present simple: I / you / we / they edify ... he / she / it edifies

Past simple: edified

Past participle: edified

-ing form: edifying

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)