[每日] edify (v) 教化
Word of the Day (Thursday September 25, 2008)
edify \ED-uh-fy\, transitive verb:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/d34Qo
To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious
knowledge; to teach.
--edifying, adjective
In their tour, the judges saw some of the more edifying spots on
the Internet.
-- "Second Federal Panel Declares C.D.A. [the Communications
Decency Act] Unconstitutional", New York Times, July 30,
1996
They viewed what edifying sights the coastal towns offered,
including a fascinating zoo.
-- Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams
Just what depth of woods is required to edify, modify and/or
enlighten a person in the way that we know a stay within an
unguarded, ongoing, wild wood can?
-- Charles Siebert, "Found in the Woods", New York Times
Magazine, June 6, 1999
Edify is from Old French edifier, from Latin ædifico, ædificare,
to build.
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