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disedifying

disedifying is the present participle and gerund of disedify.

Meaning of disedify

Verb

disedify (third-person singular simple present disedifies, present participle disedifying, simple past and past participle disedified)

  1. (archaic) To fail in edifying
  2. (archaic) to dehumanize, weaken or scandalize.

Questions about disedifying

What is disedifying the present participle and gerund of?
Disedifying is the present participle and gerund of disedify.

Words near disedifying in the dictionary

  1. disedification
  2. disedifications
  3. disedified
  4. disedifies
  5. disedify
  6. disedifying
  7. diselane
  8. diselanes
  9. diselenide
  10. diselenides
  11. diselenium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disedifying (page history and authors); disedify (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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