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
While we were edified, amused, enraged and reassured by what we told ourselves was the story of Afghanistan, an entirely different tale was unspooling outside the dominant narrative.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2021
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
