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Webster 1913 Edition

Depredate

Dep′re-date

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Depredated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Depredating
.]
[L.
depraedatus
, p. p. of
depraedari
to plunder;
de-
+
praedari
to plunder,
praeda
plunder, prey. See
Prey
.]
To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and
depredated
by the spirits.
Bacon.

Dep′re-date

,
Verb.
I.
To take plunder or prey; to commit waste;
as, the troops
depredated
on the country
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Depredate

DEPREDATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. To plunder; prey.]
1.
To plunder; to rob; to pillage; to take the property of an enemy or of a foreign country by force; as, the army depredated the enemys country.
That kind of war which depredates and distresses individuals.
2.
To prey upon; to waste; to spoil.
3.
To devour; to destroy by eating; as, wild animals depredate the corn.

DEPREDATE

,
Verb.
I.
To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.

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