Both Uses of
edify
in
Faust -- Part 1 -- translated by Theil
- Each lives it, not to many is it known, 'Twill interest wheresoever seiz'd and shown; Bright pictures, but obscure their meaning: A ray of truth through error gleaming, Thus you the best elixir brew, To charm mankind, and edify them too.†
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- Promised reward in heaven, then forth he hied— And greatly they were edified.†
Definition:
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(edify) to instruct -- morally or intellectually