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depredating |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Depredate \Dep"re*date\, v. 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.
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