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Depredate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.