edify
verb (used with object)
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift.
will be edifying
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future progressiveof edify.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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The fate of "Lenora," and that of the "Curate's Daughter," will be edifying subjects of contemplation for the maids of honour.
From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
The writer's remarks on that subject will not specially interest our readers; but we trust that what we have given above from his strictures will be edifying to all whom it may concern.
From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various
Inevitably, you, with your experience and associations, can tell us something of the inner being and its ways on a farm which will be edifying.
From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Stanley Waterloo
