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depredable

depredable adjective: liable to depredation.

Adjective

depredable (comparative more depredable, superlative most depredable)

  1. (obsolete) Liable to depredation.
    • The resistence of both is two-fold , either when the Agents become less Predatory ; or the Patients are made less depredable1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas...

Forms of depredable

comparativemore depredable
superlativemost depredable

Questions about depredable

What does depredable mean?
Depredable means liable to depredation.
What part of speech is depredable?
Depredable is an adjective.

Words near depredable in the dictionary

  1. depreciatively
  2. depreciatives
  3. depreciator
  4. depreciators
  5. depreciatory
  6. depredable
  7. depredate
  8. depredated
  9. depredates
  10. depredating
  11. depredation

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