edify
verb (used with object)
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift.
edifies
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present tense formof edify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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This is an album that edifies even as it enchants.
From Time Magazine Archive
If art no longer shocks, it seldom edifies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ken Loach's film, written by Rona Munro and based on a true story, horrifies and edifies in equal measure.
From Time Magazine Archive
The judge, who lives impeccably upstairs With dull decorum and its implication, Has all his servants in to family prayers, And edifies his soul with exhortation.
From Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country by DuBose Heyward
"You mean the pope and the church, I suppose," said the boy, in a tone of simplicity; "like my lady's chaplain, who often edifies his hearers on this topic."
From The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World by Harriet Vaughan Cheney
