† tedifyv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To affect with tedium; to weary, bore.Apparently only in the works of the Church of England clergyman Thomas Adams (1583–1652).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > affect with weariness or tedium
sadeOE
weary1340
tire?a1513
accloy1530
irka1535
attediate1603
tedify1614
bore1768
vapour1774
ennui1804
terebrate1855
bind1929
feed1933
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket v. 244 An odious, tedious, endlesse inculcation of things, doth often tire those with whom a soft and short reproofe would finde good impression. Such, whiles they would intent edify, doe in euent tedifie.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 4) 1163 To bee all utterance, no materials, and so not to edifie but tedifie their hearers.
Derivatives
tedifiˈcation n.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun]
sada1200
fastidiuma1398
irkingc1400
irksomeness1435
tediousness1482
tediation1485
annuisance1502
weariness1526
wearisomenessa1568
irk1570
languor1596
tedification1616
tedium1662
ennui1758
dullery1841
boredom1853
mawkishness1861
fed-'upness1910
mouldiness1916
browned-offness1938
noia1944
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > action of boring
tedification1616
boring1867
1616 T. Adams Garden of Graces in Divine Herball 20 Too often; til edification turne to tedification.
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