different between edificant vs edifice

English

Etymology

From 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.

   • 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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Verb

edificant

1. present participle of edificar

English

Alternative forms

• ædifice (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, a classical borrowing of Latin aedificium (“building”), derived from aedific?re (“to build, establish”) (whence also English edify).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??d.?.f?s/

Noun

edifice (plural edifices)

1. A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one
2. An abstract structure; a school of thought.

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References

• edifice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• edifice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.