v. nonce-wd. [irreg. f. L. tædium, TEDIUM + -FY, after edify.] trans. To affect with tedium; to weary, bore. So † Tedification.
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. Ibid. (1616), Divine Herbal, ibid. II. 442. Too often, till edification turn to tedification. Ibid. (1633), Exp. 2 Peter iii. 4. To be all utterance, no materials, and so not to edify but tedify their hearers.
