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reedifying

reedifying is the present participle and gerund of reedify.

Meaning of reedify

Verb

reedify (third-person singular simple present reedifies, present participle reedifying, simple past and past participle reedified)

  1. (transitive) To edify anew; to build again after destruction.
    • Return'd from Babylon by leave of kings / Their lords, whom God dispos'd, the houfe of God / They first re-edify ; and for a while / In mean estate live moderate ; till, grown / In wealth and multitude, factious they grow :1667, John Milton, “Book XII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

Questions about reedifying

What is reedifying the present participle and gerund of?
Reedifying is the present participle and gerund of reedify.

Words near reedifying in the dictionary

  1. reedification
  2. reedifications
  3. reedified
  4. reedifies
  5. reedify
  6. reedifying
  7. reedily
  8. reediness
  9. reeding
  10. reedings
  11. reedish

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