Meaning & use

edify

verb·Advanced

To instruct or improve someone morally, spiritually, or intellectually.

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The professor's lectures were designed not just to inform but to edify her students.

He read philosophy hoping it would edify rather than merely entertain him.

A note on using this word

Edify is formal and implies moral or intellectual improvement, not just the transfer of facts.

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