3 entries found for edification. ed·i·fi·ca·tion Audio pronunciation of edification ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-f-kshn) n. Intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement; enlightenment. Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. [Buy it] edification \Ed`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. aedificatio: cf. F. ['e]dification. See Edify .] 1. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction. The assured edification of his church. --Bp. Hall. Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification. --Addison. 2. A building or edifice. [Obs.] --Bullokar. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. edification n : uplifting enlightenment [syn: sophistication] Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 14:18, Bryce C wrote: > Why do you want to become a building? > <> The act of becoming an edifice. > > On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 14:18, Michael Havens wrote: > > Voltage Spike, > > > > I was wondering what you thought about that distro (in header). From what I've > > heard the hardware detection on it is excellent. If you think that is a good > > idea I will get another cdrom to be a dedicated cdrom drive. If you do not > > think it is a good idea please give me the reasons (not that I doubt you, > > buddy, it is for my own edification). -- David IS Mandala gpg fingerprint 8932 E7EF CCF5 1B8C 1B5C A92E C678 795E 45B2 D952 Phoenix, AZ (480) 460-7546 HP, (602) 321-8277 CP http://www.them.com/~davidm/