Edified
[edə,faɪd]
Definition
(adj.) instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Edify
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Examples
- In consequence of Mrs. Snagsby looking deeply edified, Mr. Snagsby thinks it expedient on the whole to say amen, which is well received. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And this was more terrific to her husband (as perhaps she knew) than any flow of eloquence with which she could have edified the company. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Nor were the two last-named gentlemen as much edified as they might have been by the moving passages narrated. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She was edified at the complete though abrupt diversion of his homage from herself to the heiress. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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