edify
verb (used with object)
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift.
were edifying
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past progressiveof edify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Rights were bought left and right but few of the results were edifying.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2010
There was no scruple about the invention of miracles or any fictions that were edifying.
From A History of Freedom of Thought by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury
It was a bitter and remorseful recollection as his age came on, and its details were edifying in no sense.
From The Frontiersmen by Mary Noailles Murfree
We must not suppose that people sat down to write a lie under the idea that they were edifying the Church or anybody.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
