edify

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It sometimes feels like our information-stuffed age has done little to inform or edify but a great deal to buttress those who think they have all the facts on their side.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2022

Zimmer sprinkles his book with stories that both dazzle and edify the reader.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2021

Yet Moreno-Garcia aims not just to edify but to thrill.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2020

One story, The Millionaire, describes a disgraced man who undergoes ritual humiliation to edify people who want to witness “the version of the world you believe in”.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2020

In an ecstatic state, men are incapable of edifying others: we shall presently see how far they can edify themselves.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard