as in to educate
to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it
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As for anyone who believes that the current turbulence on the U.S.-Mexican border is an anomaly, they will be edified by Taylor’s account of how Texans attacked Mexico for offering freedom to runaway slaves.
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Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times, 19 May 2024
For two decades, this edifying A&E docuseries has been lifting the veil of investigative work during that critical time frame.
—EW.com, 27 May 2024
There are stories and edifying captions on just about every page.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024
But hang in there: Viewers who allow themselves to be taken on this wide-ranging, occasionally digressive journey will emerge not just edified but emotionally wrung out and, somehow, cleansed.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
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Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times, 19 May 2024
For two decades, this edifying A&E docuseries has been lifting the veil of investigative work during that critical time frame.
—EW.com, 27 May 2024
There are stories and edifying captions on just about every page.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024
But hang in there: Viewers who allow themselves to be taken on this wide-ranging, occasionally digressive journey will emerge not just edified but emotionally wrung out and, somehow, cleansed.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
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“Edify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edify. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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