nidify

nidify
/nid"euh fuy'/, v.i., nidified, nidifying.
nidificate.
[1650-60; < L nidificare to build a nest, equiv. to nid- (s. of nidus) NEST + -ificare -IFY]

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  • nidify — nid·i·fy || nɪdɪfaɪ v. build a nest; nest …   English contemporary dictionary

  • nidify — nid·i·fy …   English syllables

  • nidify — /ˈnɪdəfaɪ/ (say niduhfuy) verb (i) (nidified, nidifying) → nidificate …  

  • nidify — v.intr. ( ies, ied) (of a bird) build a nest. Derivatives: nidification n. Etymology: L nidificare f. NIDUS nest …   Useful english dictionary

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  • dhē- — To set, put. Contracted from *dheə₁ . Derivatives include deed, doom, fashion, defeat, feckless, sacrifice, satisfy, face, and synthesis. I. Basic form …   Universalium

  • sed- — To sit. Derivatives include sit, soot, séance, siege, obsess, subside, soil1, and chair. I. Basic form *sed . 1. Suffixed form *sed yo . a. sit, from Old English sittan, to sit; …   Universalium

  • nidificate — nidification, n. nidificational, adj. /nid euh fi kayt /, v.i., nidificated, nidificating. to build a nest. [1810 20; < L nidificatus (ptp. of nidificare to build a nest); see NIDIFY, ATE1] * * * …   Universalium

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