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单词 re-edify
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Definition of re-edify in English:

re-edify

verb rɪˈɛdɪfʌɪˌriːˈɛdɪfʌɪ
  • 1no object To rebuild or reconstruct (a building, wall, city, etc.).

  • 2with object Figurative. To restore, re-establish, rebuild. Now rare.

Origin

Late Middle English. From Anglo-Norman and Middle French reedifier, redifier (French réédifier) to rebuild, reconstruct from re- + edifier, after post-classical Latin reaedificare to rebuild (Vulgate; compare classical Latin redaedificare).

 
 

Definition of re-edify in US English:

re-edify

verb
  • 1no object To rebuild or reconstruct (a building, wall, city, etc.).

  • 2with object Figurative. To restore, re-establish, rebuild. Now rare.

Origin

Late Middle English. From Anglo-Norman and Middle French reedifier, redifier (French réédifier) to rebuild, reconstruct from re- + edifier, after post-classical Latin reaedificare to rebuild (Vulgate; compare classical Latin redaedificare).

 
 
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