edifies

present tense third-person singular of edify
as in educates
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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  • Paul takes a local gal to his hotel room for a nightcap, which inspires the gal’s husband to take a chair to Paul’s head.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
  • But Berner would still be white — specifically, the kind of white girl who gets in the face of a Black woman and yells at her that her mere existence inspires violence.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Edifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edifies. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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