edify
Improve through instruction
To edify is to instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually.
The word carries a slightly formal or ironic tone: I found the lecture edifying.
Something edifying builds up the mind or character, though the word is often used with gentle sarcasm when the improvement feels unwanted or excessive.
Impart skills or knowledge
- educateProvide formal instruction
- informGive facts to
- enlightenImpart knowledge or wisdom
- guideLeader or instruction book
mentor · counsel · advise · tutor · coach · lesson · lecture · sermon
Raise emotionally or physically
- elevateTo raise upward
- encourageUrge forward with support
- motivateCause to act
- empowerGrant authority or confidence
enrich · improve · strengthen · enhance · nurture · cultivate · foster · stimulate
Supply with radiance
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- clarityState of being understandable
epiphany · revelation · comprehension · discernment · awakening · awareness · perception · cognition
Moral goodness or merit
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
conscience · rectitude · probity · morality · character · decency · honorable · uprightness
teach
Impart skills or knowledge
guide · mentor · counsel · advise · tutor · coach · lesson · lecture · sermon · homily
uplift
Raise emotionally or physically
empower · enrich · improve · strengthen · enhance · nurture · cultivate · foster · stimulate · invigorate
illuminate
Supply with radiance
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- understandingMental comprehension of something
clarity · epiphany · revelation · comprehension · discernment · awakening · awareness · perception · cognition · consciousness
virtue
Moral goodness or merit
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
principles · conscience · rectitude · probity · morality · character · decency · honorable · uprightness · nobility
- Christianesealtar call, backslider, blessed, born again, churched
- personal growthlearning, enlightenment, coming-of-age, growth, knowledge
edifice, edifying, edification, edified, edifies, unedifying