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    edify - Dictionary definition and meaning for word edify

    Definition
    (verb) make understand
    Synonyms : enlighten
    Example Sentence
    • Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for edify

edify -> edit + y; you edit some thing to improve it

edify sounds close to "rectify" which means to correct..

edify can b understand as SIMPLIFY things to make them understand better

EDISON was a great scientist...In order to improve people we have to tell them about EDISON and edify them....

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To edit a defy(defiance) ~ to correct morally

Edify:Concentrate on first 2 letters of d word, Ed as in B.Ed(Bachelor of education) means to Educate or Enlighten or to make understand.

sounds like modify ....so edify = modification of moral value

eddify means to make a fool in telugu...(remove a d)its the opposite in english

edify- edit the sex scene in the movie cuz its morally not correct

An educational edifice edifies i.e. instructs

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