Webster's Dictionary 1828

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EDIFICATION

EDIFICA'TION, noun [Latin oedificatio. See Edify.]1. A building up, in a moral and religious sense; instruction; improvement and progress of the mind, in knowledge, in morals, o...

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EDIFICATORY

ED'IFICATORY, adjective Tending to edification.

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EDIFICE

ED'IFICE, noun [Latin oedificium. See Edify.] A building; a structure; a fabric; but appropriately, a large or splendid building. The word is not applied to a mean building, but...

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EDIFICIAL

EDIFI'CIAL, adjective Pertaining to edifices or to structure.

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EDIFIED

ED'IFIED, participle passive Instructed; improved in literary, moral or religious knowledge.

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EDIFIER

ED'IFIER, noun One that improves another by instructing him.

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EDIFY

ED'IFY, verb transitive [Latin oedifico; oedes, a house, and facio, to make.]1. To build, in a literal sense. [Not now used.]2. To instruct and improve the mind in knowledge gen...

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EDIFYING

ED'IFYING, participle present tense Building up in christian knowledge; instructing; improving the mind.

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EDIFYINGLY

ED'IFYINGLY, adverb In an edifying manner.

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EDILE

E'DILE, noun [Latin oedilis, from oedes, a building.] A Roman magistrate whose chief business was to superintend buildings of all kinds, more especially public edifices, temples...

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EDILESHIP

E'DILESHIP, noun The office of Edile in ancient Rome.

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EDIT

ED'IT, verb transitive [from Latin edo, to publish; e and do, to give.]1. Properly, to publish; more usually, to superintend a publication; to prepare a book or paper for the pu...

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EDITED

ED'ITED, participle passive Published; corrected; prepared and published.

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EDITING

ED'ITING, participle present tense Publishing; preparing for publication.

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EDITION

EDI'TION, noun [Latin editio, from edo, to publish.]1. The publication of any book or writing; as the first edition of a new work.2. Republication, sometimes with revision and c...

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EDITOR

ED'ITOR, noun [Latin from edo, to publish.] A publisher; particularly, a person who superintends an impression of a book; the person who revises, corrects and prepares a book fo...

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EDITORIAL

EDITO'RIAL, adjective Pertaining to an editor, as editorial labors; written by an editor, as editorial remarks.

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EDITORSHIP

ED'ITORSHIP, noun The business of an editor; the care and superintendence of a publication.

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EDITUATE

EDIT'UATE, verb transitive [Low Latin oedituor, from oedes, a temple or house.]To defend or govern the house or temple. [Not in use.]

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EDUCATE

ED'UCATE, verb transitive [Latin educo, educare; e and duco, to lead.]To bring up, as a child; to instruct; to inform and enlighten the understanding; to instill into the mind p...

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EDUCATED

ED'UCATED, participle passive Brought up; instructed; furnished with knowledge or principles; trained, disciplined.

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EDUCATING

ED'UCATING, participle present tense Instructing; enlightening the understanding, and forming the manners.

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EDUCATION

EDUCA'TION, noun [Latin educatio.] The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of manners. education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which i...

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EDUCATIONAL

EDUCA'TIONAL, adjective Pertaining to education; derived from education; as educational habits.

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EDUCATOR

ED'UCATOR, noun One who educates.

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EDUCE

EDU'CE, verb transitive [Latin educo, eduxi; e and duco, to lead.]To bring or draw out; to extract; to produce from a state of occultation.Th' eternal art educing good from ill.

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EDUCED

EDU'CED, participle passive Drawn forth, extracted; produced.