disedifyv.

/dɪsˈɛdɪfʌɪ/

Etymology: < dis- prefix 2a + edify n.

transitive. To do the reverse of edifying; to shock or weaken the piety or religious sense of.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > be or cause to be spiritual [verb (transitive)] > weaken

disedify1526

misedify1527

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Qi Let euery thyng that is done or spoken euer edifye the, and no thyng to disedify the.

a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1694) II. 429 Were it not for disedifying his Brethren, he would rather disguise and hide, not only other things by humility, but even humility it self.

1844 C. E. A. Young Communicants (1848) 21 The party of visitors..were much surprised and disedified by this scene in a convent school.

Derivatives

disˈedifying adj. that disedifies, or weakens faith or devotion.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adjective] > weakening

disedifying1806

1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church I. iii. 107 [A] person of a light or disedifying deportment.

1874 E. B. Pusey Lenten Serm. 285 Gloominess is very disedifying, disennobling, paralysing.

1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Pref. 11 Colgan has summarized it, omitting ‘disedifying’ passages.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	disedify
释义	disedifyv. /dɪsˈɛdɪfʌɪ/ Etymology: < dis- prefix 2a + edify n. transitive. To do the reverse of edifying; to shock or weaken the piety or religious sense of. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > be or cause to be spiritual [verb (transitive)] > weaken disedify1526 misedify1527 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Qi Let euery thyng that is done or spoken euer edifye the, and no thyng to disedify the. a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1694) II. 429 Were it not for disedifying his Brethren, he would rather disguise and hide, not only other things by humility, but even humility it self. 1844 C. E. A. Young Communicants (1848) 21 The party of visitors..were much surprised and disedified by this scene in a convent school. Derivatives disˈedifying adj. that disedifies, or weakens faith or devotion. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adjective] > weakening disedifying1806 1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church I. iii. 107 [A] person of a light or disedifying deportment. 1874 E. B. Pusey Lenten Serm. 285 Gloominess is very disedifying, disennobling, paralysing. 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Pref. 11 Colgan has summarized it, omitting ‘disedifying’ passages. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1526
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