Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to nidify
Participle: nidified
Gerund: nidifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | nidify |
| you | nidify |
| he;she;it | nidifies |
| we | nidify |
| you | nidify |
| they | nidify |
Perfect
| I | have nidified |
| you | have nidified |
| he;she;it | has nidified |
| we | have nidified |
| you | have nidified |
| they | have nidified |
Past
| I | nidified |
| you | nidified |
| he;she;it | nidified |
| we | nidified |
| you | nidified |
| they | nidified |
Pluperfect
| I | had nidified |
| you | had nidified |
| he;she;it | had nidified |
| we | had nidified |
| you | had nidified |
| they | had nidified |
Future
| I | will nidify |
| you | will nidify |
| he;she;it | will nidify |
| we | will nidify |
| you | will nidify |
| they | will nidify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have nidified |
| you | will have nidified |
| he;she;it | will have nidified |
| we | will have nidified |
| you | will have nidified |
| they | will have nidified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | nidify |
| you | nidify |
| he;she;it | nidify |
| we | nidify |
| you | nidify |
| they | nidify |
Perfect
| I | have nidified |
| you | have nidified |
| he;she;it | have nidified |
| we | have nidified |
| you | have nidified |
| they | have nidified |
Imperfect
| I | nidified |
| you | nidified |
| he;she;it | nidified |
| we | nidified |
| you | nidified |
| they | nidified |
Pluperfect
| I | had nidified |
| you | had nidified |
| he;she;it | had nidified |
| we | had nidified |
| you | had nidified |
| they | had nidified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would nidify |
| you | would nidify |
| he;she;it | would nidify |
| we | would nidify |
| you | would nidify |
| they | would nidify |
Perfect
| I | would have nidified |
| you | would have nidified |
| he;she;it | would have nidified |
| we | would have nidified |
| you | would have nidified |
| they | would have nidified |
Imperative
| you | nidify |
| we | Let's nidify |
| you | nidify |
Verbs conjugated like 'nidify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'nidify'
acidify,
ædify,
aridify,
citify,
codify,
edify,
finify,
gridify,
ladify,
minify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin nīdificō (“to build a nest”), from nīdus (“nest”) + -ficō (“to make, build”). Doublet of nidificate and cognate with French nidifier. See: Latin '
nīdificō', French '
nidifier'.
Sample Sentences
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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, two belong to the genus Gasterosteus […] [1854, Albany Hancock, “Observations on the Nidification of Gasterosteus aculeatus and Gasterosteus spinachia”, in The Zoologist, 12: 4409:]
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[…] it may originally have explained why dung beetles do not appear when eagles nidify; […] [1997, Gert-Jan van Dijk, Ainoi, Logoi, Mythoi: Fables in Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek Culture, page 206:]
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Among the birds that nidify there and live throughout the year [...] the sultan bird detaches[.] [2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 123:]