Use Big Words Carefully: Word of the Day

ed·i·fy

tr.v. ed·i·fied, ed·i·fy·ing, ed·i·fies

To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement.

[Middle English edifien, from Old French edifier, from Late Latin aedificare, to instruct spiritually, from Latin, to build; see edifice.]
ed'i·fi'er n.

Example: Mr. Mannerz's quest in life is to edify the great unwashed.