Edify

v. t. [imp. & p. p. EDIFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. EDIFYING.] [Fr. édifier, Pr. edifiar, edificar, Sp. & Pg. edificar, It. edificare, Lat. ædificare, from ædes, a building, house, and facere, to make.]

1. To build; to construct. [Obs.] “A holy chapel edified.” Spenser.
2. To instruct and improve in knowledge generally, and particularly in moral and religious knowledge, in faith and holiness; to teach.

What shocks one part will edify the rest. Pope. 3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] Bacon.