Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fail of edifying; impart false doctrine to.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To fail of edifying; to injure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To fail in
edifying ; toinjure .
Etymologies
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dis- + edify
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Examples
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So fearful was he of the least thing that might disedify the weaklings of his flock, that, when the writer knew him, he was accustomed to send to Boston for altar wine.
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