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Depredate

Depredate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Depredate? Synonyms \| Synonyms for Depredate: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Depredate: bring to ruin \| condemn \| confound \| consume \| damn \| deal destruction \| decimate \| desecrate \| desolate \| despoil \| destroy \| devastate \| devour \| dissolve \| engorge \| fleece \| forage \| foray \| freeboot \| gobble \| gobble up \| gut \| gut with fire \| havoc \| incinerate \| lay in ruins \| lay waste \| loot \| maraud \| pillage \| plunder \| prey on \| raid \| ransack \| ravage \| raven \| ravish \| reive \| rifle \| ruin \| ruinate \| sack \| shipwreck \| spoil \| spoliate \| swallow up \| sweep \| throw into disorder \| unleash destruction \| unleash the hurricane \| upheave \| vandalize \| vaporize \| waste \| wrack \| wreak havoc \| wreck See Also \| Depredate In Webster's Dictionary \Dep"redate\, 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. \Dep"redate\, v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.

Depredate Definition And Meaning

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Depredate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\Dep"re*date\, v. i.
To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops
depredated on the country.

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