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Definition of Preying
1. prey [v] - See also: prey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preying
Literary usage of Preying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the American Lobster by Francis Hobart Herrick (1911)
"Indeed, it may be said that such commanding instincts of the adult as preying,
concealment, and fear, are manifested suddenly and for the first time in the ..."
2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"But if we reform our lives, and put away evil from among us, particularly that
uncharitableness which shows itself in extortion, preying upon one another's ..."
3. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"It may be this politician, who managed his malice with cunning, spared his own
diocese, fox-like preying farthest from his own den. Indeed 111 Psalm iii. 7. ..."
4. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"... chiefly cattle ; never conquest nor annexation of territory. The word "
preying," which is generally used for their expeditions, explains their ..."
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