transitive verb. To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement.

To build; construct.

To build in or upon; cover with buildings.

To build up or increase the faith, morality, etc., of; impart instruction to, particularly in morals or religion.

To convince or persuade.

To benefit; favor.

To cause or tend to cause moral or intellectual improvement; make people wiser or better.

To be instructed or improved, especially morally; become wiser or better.

intransitive verb. To build; to construct.

intransitive verb. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.

intransitive verb. To teach or persuade.

intransitive verb. To improve.

verb. To build, construct.

verb. To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

verb. make understand

"It also skirts around aedificare and hence the English "edify" - to improve spiritually."

edification  edifying  

instruct  learn  teach  

admirable  amuse  credible  creditable  enjoyable  

acculturate  advance  ameliorate  amend  better  

edified  

edified  edifies  edifying