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.†*edify = instruct
- Promised reward in heaven, then forth he hied—
And greatly they were edified.†edified = instructed
Definition:
to instruct -- morally or intellectually