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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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