edifyv.

/ˈɛdɪfʌɪ/

Forms: Also Middle English edefien, edifien, Middle English–1600s edifie, Middle English–1500s ede-, edy(f)fy, edifye, 1500s ædefie, 1500s–1600s ædify.

Etymology: < French édifie-r, < Latin aedificāre , < aedes , aedis dwelling + -ficāre to make; see -fy suffix.

a. transitive. To build; to construct (a dwelling, edifice) of the usual building materials. rare in modern use.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)]

timbera900

workOE

betimberOE

craftOE

buildc1275

lifta1300

stagec1330

upraise1338

wright1338

edifya1340

to make outa1382

to make upa1382

biga1400

housea1400

risea1400

telda1400–50

to work upa1450

redress1481

levy1495

upmake1507

upbuild1513

exstruct?c1550

construct1663

to run up1686

practise1739

to lay up1788

elevate1798

to put up1818

to lay down1851

practicate1851

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter l. 19 Þat edified be þe waghes of ierusalem.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 42 To for-don hit on a day, and in þre dayes after Edefien hit efte newe.

?1462 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 99 A plase late be the seid Ser John edified at Caster.

c1534 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. x. 46 He did..ædefie a gate on the bancke of the river Thames.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 117 To take timber to edifie the house againe.

1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 187 Babylon..was so largely edified by the Assyrian Monarchs.

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend ii. 49 The names of all who had died In the convent, since it was edified.

†b. absol.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build [verb (intransitive)]

buildc1275

edifyc1400

c1400 Test. Love (1560) i. 276 b/2 Lo this man began to edifie, but for his foundement is bad, to the ende may he it nat bring.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 364 The see gravel is lattest for to drie, And lattest may thou therwith edifie.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. viii. sig. Di^v A man, whiche intendeth to edifie.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 124 To edifie at pleasure upon the Convent Garden.

†c. To furnish with buildings.

ΚΠ

c1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) I. 199 Apulia is a coste of the see of Ytaly..byldede and edifiede firste by Grekes.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Bb7 Through countreyes waste, and eke well edifyde.

†2.

a. To construct, set up, irrespective of the object, or kind of materials. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct

workOE

dighta1175

to set upc1275

graitha1300

formc1300

pitchc1330

compoundc1374

to put togethera1387

performc1395

bigc1400

elementc1400

complexion1413

erect1417

framea1450

edifya1464

compose1481

construe1490

to lay together1530

perstruct1547

to piece together1572

condite1578

conflate1583

compile1590

to put together1591

to set together1603

draw1604

build1605

fabric1623

complicate1624

composit1640

constitute1646

compaginate1648

upa1658

complex1659

construct1663

structurate1664

structure1664

confect1677

to put up1699

rig1754

effect1791

structuralize1913

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 20 Þe puple edified ymages to her liknes.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iii. v. 70 Some beganne to edify cotages of boughes of trees.

1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. K4 And thereupon did raise full busily A little mount, of greene turffs edifide.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) §xxi. 49 She was edified out of the ribbe of Adam.

1850 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 155 The brazen sea That Solomon had edified.

†b. To work up or fashion (materials) into a building or structure. Cf. to build into —— 1 at build v. Phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > fashion, shape, or form > work up

edify1382

builda1425

to erect into1670

manufacture1683

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. ii. 22 And the Lord God edified [L. aedificavit] the rib, the whiche he toke of Adam, into a woman.

†c. figurative. To build up, establish, organize (a system, institution, or law, a moral quality, etc.), to establish or strengthen (a person).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > reduce to order > give structure to or organize

edifya1340

beset1413

reduce?a1425

institutea1538

compile1596

to deraign battle1596

modelize1600

skillc1610

organize1632

formalize1646

model1652

modulize1656

structure1664

economize1691

regiment1698

structurize1912

pattern1967

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxvii[i]. 7[5] Þou sall distroy þaim & noght edifye þaim.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. vi. 140 Þere þat uertues han edified þe bodie of þe holy man.

1425 Ordinances Whittington's Alms-house (modernized text) in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) IV. 354 Inforcing himself to edifie and nourish charity..among his felawes.

1461–83 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 61 The Clerkys of Greneclothe..to helpe kepe in course the Statutes..edyfyed before-tyme.

1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. E.3 Solon fyrste edifyed the schole called Areopagus in Athenes.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub i. 43 To edify a Name and Reputation.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xlix. 95 He secretly edified the throne of his successors.

†d. To frame a notion; ‘make out’, imagine.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)]

seeOE

thinkOE

bethinkc1175

devise1340

portraya1375

imagec1390

dreama1393

supposea1393

imaginea1398

conceive?a1425

fantasyc1430

purposea1513

to frame to oneselfa1529

'magine1530

imaginate1541

fancy1551

surmit?1577

surmise1586

conceit?1589

propose1594

ideate1610

project1612

figurea1616

forma1616

to call up1622

propound1634

edify1645

picture1668

create1679

fancify1748

depicture1775

vision1796

to conjure up1819

conjure1820

envisage1836

to dream up1837

visualize1863

envision1921

pre-visualize1969

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 37* I cannot edifie how, or by what rule of proportion that mans vertue calculates.

†e. intransitive. To take form, grow; also figurative to prosper, achieve success. Cf. 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > prosper or be successful

speed993

achievec1300

provec1300

edifya1400

chevise14..

exploit1477

cottonc1560

fadge1611

through1675

to make the riffle1853

arrive1889

a1400 Cov. Myst. 252 Mannys sowle in blys now xal edyfy.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 160 Perkins Proclamation did little edifie with the people of England.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 147 It [the seed] then beginneth to edifie in chiefe.

a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) i. 142 But all this did not edifie with the House of Commons.

a. transitive. In religious use: To build up (the church, the soul) in faith and holiness; to benefit spiritually; to strengthen, support. Also absol.In early use sometimes with distinct allusion to sense 1; rarely in bad sense as in quot. c1440.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > be or cause to be spiritual [verb (transitive)] > instruct or improve

bindc975

confirma1300

enhancec1325

edify1340

exhancea1450

enlightena1500

build1526

mounta1546

spiritualize1596

sanctify1597

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 197 Þe uelaȝrede of poure men, þet byeþ poure uor God..hise moȝe wel edefie be uorbisnes.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 354 Petre and Poul..token power of Crist..but for to edifie þe Chirche.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xvi. 58 All that is done agayn conscience edefieth to helle.

1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters f. iii^v/2 In whose deuowte sermons y^e peple were greatly edyfyed.

?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xxiv. sig. G4^v Thei were edifyed to walke in the amendment of lyfe.

1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. F^v To edifie the conscience that is weake.

1719–20 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman (1721) 14 A plain convincing Reason..will edify a thousand times more than the Art of wetting the Handkerchiefs of a whole Congregation.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall xxi The complaints and mutual accusations which assailed the throne of Constantine..were ill adapted to edify an imperfect proselyte.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 751 He was much edified by the king's prayers and almsdeeds.

b. To inform, instruct; to improve in a moral sense; sometimes ironical.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)] > edify

edifya1533

sophronize1827

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. G.v^v His saiynges thus ended, the Senate was greatly edified therwith.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. iii. 115 My loue with words and errors still she feedes, But edifies another with her deedes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 288 Looke then to be well edified, when the Foole deliuers the Madman.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 3 I shall endeavour to edifie my Reader in the Virtues proper to these Purposes.

1845 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) II. iii. 84 I have been much edified by seeing how your father and sister take the privation.

†4.

a. intransitive. To profit in a spiritual sense. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > be or cause to be spiritual [verb (transitive)] > receive

receivec1384

edify1636

1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker I ij Is there any man here desires to edyfie? I am in the humour of converting.

1657 J. Goodwin Βασανισται 6 A Minister, whom they can cordially..affect, or by whom they can edifie.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 188 And few will captivate their understanding to edify by a sacrilegious reformer.

†b. To gain instruction generally. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > [verb (intransitive)]

learn971

lerea1300

edify1612

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. i. sig. F4 I haue not ædified more, truely, by man; Not, since the beautifull light, first shone on mee.

1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife v. 104 I edifie so much by example I will never be one [sc. a husband].

1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband i. i. 9 This is like to be a warm Debate! I shall edify.

1800 T. Jefferson Let. 18 Jan. in Papers (2004) XXXI. 320 The great mass of our nation will edify & thank you.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	edify
释义	† edifyn. Etymology: Alteration of edifice n. (perhaps taken as a plural). Obsolete. = edifice n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] bottleeOE houseeOE boldOE building1297 builda1387 edificec1386 mansion1389 bigginga1400 housinga1400 edification1432 edifying1432 fabric1483 edify1555 structure1560 erection1609 framec1639 bastiment1679 drum1846 dump1899 gaff1932 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 153^v The houses and other edifyes [L. aedificijs] of this prouynce. 1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 279 The rouffes of whose edifies are gylted and embowed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). edifyv. /ˈɛdɪfʌɪ/ Forms: Also Middle English edefien, edifien, Middle English–1600s edifie, Middle English–1500s ede-, edy(f)fy, edifye, 1500s ædefie, 1500s–1600s ædify. Etymology: < French édifie-r, < Latin aedificāre , < aedes , aedis dwelling + -ficāre to make; see -fy suffix. 1. a. transitive. To build; to construct (a dwelling, edifice) of the usual building materials. rare in modern use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)] timbera900 workOE betimberOE craftOE buildc1275 lifta1300 stagec1330 upraise1338 wright1338 edifya1340 to make outa1382 to make upa1382 biga1400 housea1400 risea1400 telda1400–50 to work upa1450 redress1481 levy1495 upmake1507 upbuild1513 exstruct?c1550 construct1663 to run up1686 practise1739 to lay up1788 elevate1798 to put up1818 to lay down1851 practicate1851 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter l. 19 Þat edified be þe waghes of ierusalem. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 42 To for-don hit on a day, and in þre dayes after Edefien hit efte newe. ?1462 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 99 A plase late be the seid Ser John edified at Caster. c1534 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. x. 46 He did..ædefie a gate on the bancke of the river Thames. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 117 To take timber to edifie the house againe. 1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 187 Babylon..was so largely edified by the Assyrian Monarchs. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend ii. 49 The names of all who had died In the convent, since it was edified. †b. absol. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build [verb (intransitive)] buildc1275 edifyc1400 c1400 Test. Love (1560) i. 276 b/2 Lo this man began to edifie, but for his foundement is bad, to the ende may he it nat bring. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 364 The see gravel is lattest for to drie, And lattest may thou therwith edifie. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. viii. sig. Di^v A man, whiche intendeth to edifie. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 124 To edifie at pleasure upon the Convent Garden. †c. To furnish with buildings. ΚΠ c1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) I. 199 Apulia is a coste of the see of Ytaly..byldede and edifiede firste by Grekes. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Bb7 Through countreyes waste, and eke well edifyde. †2. a. To construct, set up, irrespective of the object, or kind of materials. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct workOE dighta1175 to set upc1275 graitha1300 formc1300 pitchc1330 compoundc1374 to put togethera1387 performc1395 bigc1400 elementc1400 complexion1413 erect1417 framea1450 edifya1464 compose1481 construe1490 to lay together1530 perstruct1547 to piece together1572 condite1578 conflate1583 compile1590 to put together1591 to set together1603 draw1604 build1605 fabric1623 complicate1624 composit1640 constitute1646 compaginate1648 upa1658 complex1659 construct1663 structurate1664 structure1664 confect1677 to put up1699 rig1754 effect1791 structuralize1913 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 20 Þe puple edified ymages to her liknes. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iii. v. 70 Some beganne to edify cotages of boughes of trees. 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. K4 And thereupon did raise full busily A little mount, of greene turffs edifide. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) §xxi. 49 She was edified out of the ribbe of Adam. View more context for this quotation 1850 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 155 The brazen sea That Solomon had edified. †b. To work up or fashion (materials) into a building or structure. Cf. to build into —— 1 at build v. Phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > fashion, shape, or form > work up edify1382 builda1425 to erect into1670 manufacture1683 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. ii. 22 And the Lord God edified [L. aedificavit] the rib, the whiche he toke of Adam, into a woman. †c. figurative. To build up, establish, organize (a system, institution, or law, a moral quality, etc.), to establish or strengthen (a person). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > reduce to order > give structure to or organize edifya1340 beset1413 reduce?a1425 institutea1538 compile1596 to deraign battle1596 modelize1600 skillc1610 organize1632 formalize1646 model1652 modulize1656 structure1664 economize1691 regiment1698 structurize1912 pattern1967 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxvii[i]. 7[5] Þou sall distroy þaim & noght edifye þaim. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. vi. 140 Þere þat uertues han edified þe bodie of þe holy man. 1425 Ordinances Whittington's Alms-house (modernized text) in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) IV. 354 Inforcing himself to edifie and nourish charity..among his felawes. 1461–83 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 61 The Clerkys of Greneclothe..to helpe kepe in course the Statutes..edyfyed before-tyme. 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. E.3 Solon fyrste edifyed the schole called Areopagus in Athenes. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub i. 43 To edify a Name and Reputation. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xlix. 95 He secretly edified the throne of his successors. †d. To frame a notion; ‘make out’, imagine. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)] seeOE thinkOE bethinkc1175 devise1340 portraya1375 imagec1390 dreama1393 supposea1393 imaginea1398 conceive?a1425 fantasyc1430 purposea1513 to frame to oneselfa1529 'magine1530 imaginate1541 fancy1551 surmit?1577 surmise1586 conceit?1589 propose1594 ideate1610 project1612 figurea1616 forma1616 to call up1622 propound1634 edify1645 picture1668 create1679 fancify1748 depicture1775 vision1796 to conjure up1819 conjure1820 envisage1836 to dream up1837 visualize1863 envision1921 pre-visualize1969 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 37* I cannot edifie how, or by what rule of proportion that mans vertue calculates. †e. intransitive. To take form, grow; also figurative to prosper, achieve success. Cf. 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > prosper or be successful speed993 achievec1300 provec1300 edifya1400 chevise14.. exploit1477 cottonc1560 fadge1611 through1675 to make the riffle1853 arrive1889 a1400 Cov. Myst. 252 Mannys sowle in blys now xal edyfy. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 160 Perkins Proclamation did little edifie with the people of England. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 147 It [the seed] then beginneth to edifie in chiefe. View more context for this quotation a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) i. 142 But all this did not edifie with the House of Commons. 3. a. transitive. In religious use: To build up (the church, the soul) in faith and holiness; to benefit spiritually; to strengthen, support. Also absol.In early use sometimes with distinct allusion to sense 1; rarely in bad sense as in quot. c1440. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > be or cause to be spiritual [verb (transitive)] > instruct or improve bindc975 confirma1300 enhancec1325 edify1340 exhancea1450 enlightena1500 build1526 mounta1546 spiritualize1596 sanctify1597 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 197 Þe uelaȝrede of poure men, þet byeþ poure uor God..hise moȝe wel edefie be uorbisnes. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 354 Petre and Poul..token power of Crist..but for to edifie þe Chirche. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xvi. 58 All that is done agayn conscience edefieth to helle. 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters f. iii^v/2 In whose deuowte sermons y^e peple were greatly edyfyed. ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xxiv. sig. G4^v Thei were edifyed to walke in the amendment of lyfe. 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. F^v To edifie the conscience that is weake. 1719–20 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman (1721) 14 A plain convincing Reason..will edify a thousand times more than the Art of wetting the Handkerchiefs of a whole Congregation. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall xxi The complaints and mutual accusations which assailed the throne of Constantine..were ill adapted to edify an imperfect proselyte. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 751 He was much edified by the king's prayers and almsdeeds. b. To inform, instruct; to improve in a moral sense; sometimes ironical. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)] > edify edifya1533 sophronize1827 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. G.v^v His saiynges thus ended, the Senate was greatly edified therwith. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. iii. 115 My loue with words and errors still she feedes, But edifies another with her deedes. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 288 Looke then to be well edified, when the Foole deliuers the Madman. View more context for this quotation 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 3 I shall endeavour to edifie my Reader in the Virtues proper to these Purposes. 1845 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) II. iii. 84 I have been much edified by seeing how your father and sister take the privation. †4. a. intransitive. To profit in a spiritual sense. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > be or cause to be spiritual [verb (transitive)] > receive receivec1384 edify1636 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker I ij Is there any man here desires to edyfie? I am in the humour of converting. 1657 J. Goodwin Βασανισται 6 A Minister, whom they can cordially..affect, or by whom they can edifie. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 188 And few will captivate their understanding to edify by a sacrilegious reformer. †b. To gain instruction generally. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > [verb (intransitive)] learn971 lerea1300 edify1612 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. i. sig. F4 I haue not ædified more, truely, by man; Not, since the beautifull light, first shone on mee. View more context for this quotation 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife v. 104 I edifie so much by example I will never be one [sc. a husband]. 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband i. i. 9 This is like to be a warm Debate! I shall edify. 1800 T. Jefferson Let. 18 Jan. in Papers (2004) XXXI. 320 The great mass of our nation will edify & thank you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1555v.a1340
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† edifyn.

edifyv.