nidify
1nidify — [nid′əfi kāt΄] n. nidificated, nidificating [nid′ə fī΄] vi. nidified, nidifying [L nidificare < nidus, NEST + facere, to make, DO1] to build a nest: also nidificate [nid′əfi kāt΄] n. ni …
2nidify — verb /ˈnɪd.əˌfaɪ/ To make a nest. It is only within the last few years that naturalists have clearly determined that some species of fish make nests for the reception of their spawn Five or six kinds are now ascertained to nidify; and of these,… …
3nidify — /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] * * * …
4nidify — nid·i·fy || nɪdɪfaɪ v. build a nest; nest …
5nidify — nid·i·fy …
6nidify — /ˈnɪdəfaɪ/ (say niduhfuy) verb (i) (nidified, nidifying) → nidificate …
7nidify — v.intr. ( ies, ied) (of a bird) build a nest. Derivatives: nidification n. Etymology: L nidificare f. NIDUS nest …
8nidification — See nidify. * * * …
9dhē- — To set, put. Contracted from *dheə₁ . Derivatives include deed, doom, fashion, defeat, feckless, sacrifice, satisfy, face, and synthesis. I. Basic form …
10sed- — 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; …
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