How to pronounce edify
American English pronunciation
ED-ih-fy
- IPA
- /ˈɛdɪfaɪ/
- Syllables
- ED · ih · fy (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What edify means
To teach someone so they grow wiser or better
In a sentence: Grandma said the museum trip would edify us, and we really did learn a lot.
Where it comes from: It comes from a French word that once meant both "to build" and "to teach," from a Latin verb meaning "to build."
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