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Edify

/ˈɛdəˌfaɪ/
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(verb) To build, construct.

Good books can edify the mind as well as entertain it.
His speech was meant to edify, not to attack.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Good books can ____ the mind as well as entertain it.

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