nidificate
\NID-uh-fi-keyt\,verb;
1.to build a nest.
Quotes:
Many nidificate in holes of trees, or in the earth; the eggs are white and subspherical.
-- Richard Owen, "On the Anatomy of Vertebrates, Vol. II," 1866
"Take," said he, "every thing belongin' to you out of my establishment: you were always a plague to me, but now more so than ever. Be quick, sirra, and nidificate for yourself somewhere else."
-- William Carleton, "The Poor Scholar," Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, 1830
Origin:
Nidificate entered English in the early 1800s from the Latin nīdificāre meaning "to build a nest."
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