depredated
depredated is the simple past and past participle of depredate.
Meaning of depredate
Verb
depredate (third-person singular simple present depredates, present participle depredating, simple past and past participle depredated)
- To ransack or plunder; to prey upon.
- It makes the substance of the body […] less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
Questions about depredated
- What is depredated the simple past and past participle of?
- Depredated is the simple past and past participle of depredate.
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