nidifyv.

Brit.

/ˈnɪdᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈnɪdᵻˌfaɪ/

Forms: 1600s nidifie, 1700s– nidify.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nīdificāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin nīdificāre to build a nest < nīdus nest (see nidus n.) + -ficāre -fy suffix. Compare French nidifier (late 12th cent. in Old French).

Zoology and Botany.

1. intransitive. To make a nest or nests.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habitat > inhabit [verb (intransitive)] > nest

nesteOE

buildc1275

nidify1656

nestlec1660

nidificate1814

nide1881

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nidifie, to build or make a Nest.

1720–21 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 127 Birds, by Instinct,..nidify, or make Nests after the same Manner.

1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 396 Trees begin to bud, beasts to pair, and birds to nidify.

1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 626 The finches nidify in October; the condors in February; the hummers in April.

1880 J. Colquhoun Moor & Loch (ed. 5) I. 249 The peregrine,..nidifying on a giddy point.

1988 Botanische Jahrbücher 109 469 Centris leprieuri [sc. a bee] is a resident species, nidifying in the dune sand.

1993 Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 95 258 Two new Microstigmus [sc. wasp] species are described from Brazil..that nidify within abandoned beetle burrows in wood beams.

2. transitive. To nest in (a plant); to colonize through the action of nesting.

ΚΠ

1971 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 58 868/2 Most adult plants had produced 5–10 rosettes including one or more in fruit. All large plants were nidified by very large ant colonies.

1974 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 101 192/1 The small interfoliar chambers of T[illandsia] circinata rosettes are only occasionally nidified by these animals in the dwarfed cypress forests of South Florida.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nidify
释义	nidifyv. Brit. /ˈnɪdᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈnɪdᵻˌfaɪ/ Forms: 1600s nidifie, 1700s– nidify. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nīdificāre. Etymology: < classical Latin nīdificāre to build a nest < nīdus nest (see nidus n.) + -ficāre -fy suffix. Compare French nidifier (late 12th cent. in Old French). Zoology and Botany. 1. intransitive. To make a nest or nests. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > inhabit [verb (intransitive)] > nest nesteOE buildc1275 nidify1656 nestlec1660 nidificate1814 nide1881 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nidifie, to build or make a Nest. 1720–21 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 127 Birds, by Instinct,..nidify, or make Nests after the same Manner. 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 396 Trees begin to bud, beasts to pair, and birds to nidify. 1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 626 The finches nidify in October; the condors in February; the hummers in April. 1880 J. Colquhoun Moor & Loch (ed. 5) I. 249 The peregrine,..nidifying on a giddy point. 1988 Botanische Jahrbücher 109 469 Centris leprieuri [sc. a bee] is a resident species, nidifying in the dune sand. 1993 Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 95 258 Two new Microstigmus [sc. wasp] species are described from Brazil..that nidify within abandoned beetle burrows in wood beams. 2. transitive. To nest in (a plant); to colonize through the action of nesting. ΚΠ 1971 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 58 868/2 Most adult plants had produced 5–10 rosettes including one or more in fruit. All large plants were nidified by very large ant colonies. 1974 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 101 192/1 The small interfoliar chambers of T[illandsia] circinata rosettes are only occasionally nidified by these animals in the dwarfed cypress forests of South Florida. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1656
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