edify
verb (used with object)
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift.
edifier
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a word derived from
edify.
Example Sentences
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One cannot quite forgive the original owner and edifier of the mansion for a bit of ostentation and vulgarity of which he has been guilty.
From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
