depredate en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /ˈdɛpɹədeɪt/
Etymology
Late Latin depraedari, depraedat-: Latin de- + praedari (“to plunder”).
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To ransack or plunder; to prey upon.
It makes the substance of the body […] less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| depredating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| depredates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| depredated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| depredated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
depredation · predate · prey · predation · predator
Translations (4)
pt depredar (to ransack or plunder) · bg плячкосвам (to ransack or plunder) · it depredare (to ransack or plunder) · bg грабя (to ransack or plunder)