edify

edify

verb

Definition of EDIFY

to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding <a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it>

Synonyms edify, educate, illume, illuminate, illumine, inspire, nurture

Related Words elevate, ennoble, enrich, ensoul, lift, uplift; better, improve, regenerate, renew, transform; exalt, glorify, transfigure

Near Antonyms confuse, perplex, puzzle; becloud, cloud, darken, obscure