Both Uses of
edify
in
Adam Bede
- How much more edifying it would have been if you had made him give Arthur some truly spiritual advice!†
Chpt 17 *edifying = instructive
- "Aye, aye," said Martin Poyser, listening with an air of much intelligence and edification, "they ne'er ate a bit o' beef i' their lives.†
Chpt 53edification = instruction
Definition:
to instruct -- morally or intellectually