edificant
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin aedificans, aedificantis, present participle of aedificare. See edify.
Adjective edit
edificant (comparative more edificant, superlative most edificant)
- 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.
- 1845, Ralph Waldo Emerson, journal entry:
- Men are edificant or otherwise. Samuel Hoar is to all men's eyes conservative and constructive […]
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edificant