edify (v.)

• acculturate
• advance
• ameliorate
• amend
• better
• boost
• catechize
• civilize
• demonstrate
• direct
• educate
• elevate
• elucidate
• emend
• enhance
• enlighten
• enrich
• fatten
• favor
• forward
• foster
• ground
• guide
• illume
• illumine
• improve
• inform
• instruct
• irradiate
• lard
• lift
• meliorate
• mend
• nurture
• promote
• raise
• reform
• school
• show
• socialize
• teach
• transfigure
• transform
• upgrade
• uplift