| 释义 |
disedify, v.|dɪsˈɛdɪfaɪ|
[f. dis- 6 + edify.]
trans. To do the reverse of edifying; to shock or weaken the piety or religious sense of.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 58 Let euery thynge that is done or spoken euer edyfye the, & no thynge to disedyfye the. a1684Leighton Comm. 1 Pet. v. 5 Were it not for disedifying his brethren he would rather disguise and hide not only other things by humility but even humility itself. 1844C. E. A. Yng. Communicants (1848) 21 The party of visitors..were much surprised and disedifed by this scene in a convent school.
Hence disˈedifying ppl. a., that disedifies, or weakens faith or devotion.
1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. iii. 97 [A] person of light or disedifying deportment. 1874Pusey Lent. Serm. 285 Gloominess is very disedifying, disennobling, paralysing. 1894J. T. Fowler Adamnan Pref. 11 Colgan has summarized it, omitting ‘disedifying’ passages. |