| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | nid·i·fy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n d  -f  |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: nid·i·fied, nid·i·fy·ing, nid·i·fies
To build a nest. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin ndific re : ndus, nest; see sed- in Appendix I + -ficre, -fy. | | OTHER FORMS: | nidi·fi·cation (-f-kshn) —NOUN
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