edifying
adjective
[ ˈɛdɪfʌɪɪŋ ]
• providing moral or intellectual instruction.
• "edifying literature"
edify
verb
• instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually.
• "Rachel had edified their childhood with frequent readings from Belloc"
Similar:
educate,
instruct,
teach,
school,
tutor,
coach,
train,
guide,
enlighten,
inform,
cultivate,
develop,
inculcate,
indoctrinate,
improve,
better,
uplift,
elevate,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French edifier, from Latin aedificare ‘build’, from aedis ‘dwelling’ + facere ‘make’ (compare with edifice). The word originally meant ‘construct a building’, also ‘strengthen’, hence to ‘build up’ morally.
