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preying |
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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