edify

verb2

1. •
   To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

   • January 23, 1783, Edward Gibbon, letter to Dr. Priestley It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public.
2. •
   (no longer used) To build, construct.

   • That Castle was most goodly edifyde, / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde […] — 1590