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Definition of Preys
1. prey [v] - See also: prey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preys
Literary usage of Preys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"... while many a league to sea He wings his course, and preys in distant isles.
The great eagle, though a very lascivious bird, lives for above a century. ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"it preys on the enemies of literature, being carnivorous. A remarkable animal
belonging to the Arachnids is the ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1857)
"In thee, but one upon the other preys, Who by a common moat and wall are spanned.
85 Search, thou unhappy one, around thy bays The while no living men ..."
4. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... Being that as much as he might handle home, In haggart seas, such, with their
preys, fall off. They take the large, and steer forsaking Romans. ..."
5. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... which, with one or two other closely allied species cos- founded with it by
the farmer, preys ..."
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