edifies in English
verb
1
instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually.
But there are some who desire to know that they may edify others, and that is praiseworthy; and there are some who desire to know that they themselves may be edified, and that is wise.
Use "edifies" in a sentence
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1. The movie neither edifies nor entertains its viewers.
2. He said that the gift of prophesy edifies, or instructs, others more than the gift of tongues does.
3. Bathsheba’s story is a crowning achievement for Hunt, that rare novel that not only entertains and informs but challenges and edifies, cutting to the raw, hidden places where we hide our worst secret selves and reminding us that even there, even then, redemption is possible.