edify
verb (used with object)
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift.
will edify
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future tenseof edify.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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What shocks one part will edify the rest, Nor with one system can they all be blest.
From An Essay on Man by Henry Morley
I trust those Bostonians who are in such hope will edify the public as to the final result of their experiment.
From the porcupines of our country you will receive no thanks, but the great mass of our nation will edify, and thank you.
From Priestley in America 1794-1804 by Edgar Fahs Smith
Yet the historian, who views this religious conflict with an impartial eye, may condescend to mention one preternatural event, which will edify the devout, and surprise the incredulous.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 by Henry Hart Milman
Flatter not rich men and seek not great men; but keep company thyself with meek and simple men and talk of such things as will edify.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
