Verb

(en-verb)

To build, construct.

* , III.i:

That Castle was most goodly edifyde , / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde

To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

* Gibbon

It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public.

* 1813 , The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, Vol. VI , page 455

That they ought to edify one another by maintaining and promoting the knowledge of truth.

(Francis Bacon)

Verb

* 1953 , United States Supreme Court, John Den ''ex dem.'' Archibald Russell ''v.'' The Association of the Jersey Company , reprinted in the (United States Reports), volume 56, page 426:

This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey.

To mention.

To raise (children).

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}

To uncover, to bring from obscurity.

To turn on power or start, as of a machine.

To vomit.

To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.

* 1934 , (Rex Stout), , 1992 (w) edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 91:

"Mr. Wolfe, I beg you—I beg of you—"

I was sure she was going to cry and I didn't want her to. But Wolfe brusquely brought her up :

"That's all, Miss Barstow."

* 1999 , Alice Borchardt, Night of the Wolf , (w), ISBN 0345423631, page 260 [http://google.com/books?id=tG4tiCvmHJwC&pg=PA260&dq=brought-him-up]:

"No," Maeniel shouted, "No!" trying to distract the man, and lunged toward him. The chain on his ankle brought him up short and he fell on his face.