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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Recent Examples of edify
The much-in-vogue hybrid mode proves more cryptic than edifying this time around.
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Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Consider it everyday activism anchored in acknowledgement, self-preservation and edifying intellectual steers.
—Katie Baron, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
If handled properly, change can be a great opportunity to edify your team and give your managers the skills to become better leaders.
—Jane Sparrow, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Indeed, the Houthis’ relatively unmolested campaign of hijacking, marauding, and terrorism has provided us with yet another edifying glimpse of what a post-American world would look like.
—The Editors, National Review, 18 Mar. 2025
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Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Consider it everyday activism anchored in acknowledgement, self-preservation and edifying intellectual steers.
—Katie Baron, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
If handled properly, change can be a great opportunity to edify your team and give your managers the skills to become better leaders.
—Jane Sparrow, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Indeed, the Houthis’ relatively unmolested campaign of hijacking, marauding, and terrorism has provided us with yet another edifying glimpse of what a post-American world would look like.
—The Editors, National Review, 18 Mar. 2025
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Altogether, 467 Wisconsin schools that educate more than 80% of the state's high school juniors are signed up this year.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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That her book and advocacy can educate and, over time, effect change.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The smells that inspire the fragrance mastermind at Hermès By Linda Wells Photo-Illustration: Chop Choppish Shop Read On Machine-Head Slumber Party New cutting-edge earbuds block noise and lull you to sleep.—
Jeanne Malle,
Air Mail,
7 Aug. 2025
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The haunted house, inspired by the iconic 80s horror film of the same name, first featured at the annual mecca for horror fans in 2018.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Edify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edify. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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