Both Uses of
edify
in
War and Peace
- She said the count had died as she would herself wish to die, that his end was not only touching but edifying.†
Chpt 1 *
- He imagined men such as he had himself been a fortnight ago, and he addressed an edifying exhortation to them.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(edify) to instruct -- morally or intellectually