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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prey \Prey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Preyed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Preying}.] [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari fr praeda See
{Prey}, n.]
To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by
violence.
More pity that the eagle should be mewed, While kites
and buzzards prey at liberty. --Shak.
{To prey on} or {upon}.
a To take prey from to despoil; to pillage; to rob.
--Shak.
b To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize
and devour. --Shak.
c To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away
as the trouble preyed upon his mind. --Addison.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
preying
n : an act of plundering [syn: {predation}, {depredation}]
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