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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 countryWebster 1828 Edition
Depredate
DEPREDATE
,Verb.
T.
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.
Definition 2024
depredate
depredate
English
Verb
depredate (third-person singular simple present depredates, present participle depredating, simple past and past participle depredated)
- (transitive) to ransack or plunder; to prey upon
- Francis Bacon
- It makes the substance of the body […] less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits.
- Francis Bacon
- (intransitive) to engage in plundering
Translations
to ransack or plunder