† ˈtedify, v. nonce-wd.
[irreg. f. L. tædium, tedium + -fy, after edify.]
trans. To affect with tedium; to weary, bore. So † tedifiˈcation.
| 1613 T. Adams Sinner's Passing-bell Wks. 1861 I. 348 An odious, tedious, endless inculcation of things doth often tire those with whom a soft and short reproof would find good impression. Such, whiles they would intend to edify, do in event tedify. 1616 ― Divine Herbal ibid. II. 442 Too often, till edification turn to tedification. 1633 ― Exp. 2 Peter iii. 4 To be all utterance, no materials, and so not to edify but tedify their hearers. |