edificant

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin aedificans, aedificantis, present participle of aedificare. See edify.

Adjective

edificant (comparative more edificant, superlative most edificant)

1. building; constructing
   • 1655, William Dugard et al., Verses on Gataker

     And as his pen was often militant / Nor less triumphant; so edificant / It also was, like those blessed builders, who / Stood on their guard, and stoutly builded too.

   • (Can we date this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Men are edificant or otherwise. Samuel Hoar is to all men's eyes conservative and constructive […]

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Verb

edificant