Edify

ED'IFY, verb transitive [Latin oedifico; oedes, a house, and facio, to make.]

1. To build, in a literal sense. [Not now used.]

2. To instruct and improve the mind in knowledge generally, and particularly in moral and religious knowledge, in faith and holiness.

Edify one another. [[1 Thessalonians 5#11|1 Thessalonians 5:11]].

3. To teach or persuade. [Not used.]