All 3 Uses of
edify
in
The Idiot
- Was it very edifying and instructive?" asked Aglaya.†
Chpt 1.5edifying = instructive
- Their children are sometimes congenital idiots, like the hero of our story; sometimes they are found in the dock at the Assizes, where they are generally acquitted by the jury for edifying motives; sometimes they distinguish themselves by one of those burning scandals that amaze the public and add another blot to the stained record of our age.†
Chpt 2.8
- He knew very well that he must tell some story this evening for the edification of the company, and led up to it with the inspiration of anticipatory triumph.†
Chpt 4.6 *edification = instruction
Definition:
to instruct -- morally or intellectually