edify
verb (used with object)
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Some large-scale experience with American secondary schools which prepare boys for admission to college has been edifying in this respect.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer