edificant

From Latin aedificans, aedificantis, present participle of aedificare. See edify.

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 […]

edificant

1. gerund of edificar