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edify

[ed-uh-fahy] / ˈɛd əˌfaɪ /
VERB
instruct
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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It sometimes feels like our information-stuffed age has done little to inform or edify but a great deal to buttress those who think they have all the facts on their side.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 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

Yet Moreno-Garcia aims not just to edify but to thrill.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2020

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

In the midst of innumerable edifying figures, he declined to edify.

From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis




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