edify
verb (used with object)
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift.
edified
Example Sentences
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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
But what makes the play especially tricky, and possibly infuriating to theatergoers seeking to be efficiently edified, is that Shawn doesn’t neatly sort out the subjective views of his characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2017
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
Listening to Serial, This American Life, Radiolab, WTF with Marc Maron, or 99% Invisible, we expect to come out the other end edified and enriched, in complex ways.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2014
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
