Edify

v. i.	1.	To build; to construct. [imp. & p. p. Edified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Edifying.] There was a holy chapel edified. - Spenser.
	2.	To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach. It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public. - Gibbon.
	3.	To teach or persuade.
	1.	To improve.

Verb

1.

edify - make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal" Synonyms: enlighten

acculturate, advance, ameliorate, amend, better, boost, bring forward, broaden the mind, catechize, civilize, demonstrate, direct, educate, elevate, elucidate, emend, enhance, enlighten, enrich, fatten, favor, forward, foster, give instruction, give lessons in, go straight, ground, guide, illume, illumine, improve, improve upon, inform, instruct, irradiate, lard, lift, make an improvement, meliorate, mend, nurture, open the eyes, promote, raise, reeducate, refine upon, reform, school, set right, sharpen the wits, show, show how, socialize, straighten out, teach, teach a lesson, teach the rudiments, transfigure, transform, upgrade, uplift

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