edify
Example Sentences
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But that’s partly why he’s there: to expand and edify their thinking, which he attempts to do gently and judiciously.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023
Finding the least taxing way to activate your inner circle could gratify — and edify — all involved, and restore a sense of control over your own well-being.
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2022
Gonzalez’s main strategies are to allow Olga’s mother to edify the reader along with her children through her letters and to have characters speak to each other in blocks of exposition.
From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2022
One story, The Millionaire, describes a disgraced man who undergoes ritual humiliation to edify people who want to witness “the version of the world you believe in”.
From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2020
BE edified at the sight of your brethren's virtues, and edify them by your own.
From Fraternal Charity by Valuy, Benôit
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.