edify
verb (used with object)
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift.
edified
Example Sentences
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So I think he’s worked everywhere he could at as high a level as he could, and came back to run the Impossible Mission Force a great deal more edified.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
Boston did, however, bring unity: The court spoke unanimously, through an opinion by retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who is heading home to an edified Boston.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2022
For over thirty years, Mr. Plaschke’s stories have edified the biggest stars in the Los Angeles sports world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2020
We’d been there for several hours by then, had consumed our blueberries and granola bars, were edified and overstimulated and thinking about making our way home after a while.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 22, 2017
Parsons, his attention caught by the trumpet call, sat listening with a sort of gaping solemnity, a sort of edified boredom.
From "1984" by George Orwell
