Definition of Depridate
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to ransack or plunder (transitive)
- to engage in plundering (intransitive)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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