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Definition of Depredate

1. v. t. To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.

2. v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.

Definition of Depredate

1. [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Depredate

depreciate depreciated depreciates depreciating depreciatingly depreciation depreciation depreciations depreciation allowance depreciation charge

depreciation rate depreciative depreciator depreciators depreciatory depredate (current term) depredated depredates depredating depredation

depredations depredator depredators depredatory deprenyl deprenyl deprenyls depress depress depressant

Literary usage of Depredate

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1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"O, to depredate on the commerce of the United States. Your lordship is pleased to raise u discussion on the following statement made by me. ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English; with Numerous by William Owen Pughe (1832)
"... tel the depredate. be ... To depredate, to spoil. ... take forcibly,to snatch, to depredate. ..."

3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1889)
"B. uniformis prefers the acorns of biennials, but will depredate occasionally on those of annuals ... B. obtusus is only known to depredate on hazel nuts. ..."

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