Edify
Edify verb - To provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding.
Usage example: a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it
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Inspire and edify are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inspire" instead a verb "Edify".
Inspire
Inspire verb - To provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding.
Usage example: great works of visual art can inspire us in ways that the written word often cannot
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