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prede

/pɹiːd/

prede verb: to prey; to plunder.

Verb

prede (third-person singular simple present predes, present participle preding, simple past and past participle preded)

  1. (obsolete) To prey; to plunder.
    • One of the Geraldins, who was ancestor to those that now are lords of Lackath, preded an enimie of his1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Noun

prede

  1. (obsolete) prey; plunder; booty
    • bringing of the prede homeward1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Forms of prede

third-person singular presentpredes
present participlepreding
past participlepreded
pastpreded

Origin of prede

Borrowed from Latin praedārī. Doublet of prey.

From Middle English prede, from Latin praeda. Doublet of prey.

Questions about prede

What does prede mean?
Prede means to prey; to plunder.
What part of speech is prede?
Prede can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce prede?
Prede is pronounced /pɹiːd/.
What is the past tense of prede?
The past tense of prede is preded.

Words near prede in the dictionary

  1. Predazzo
  2. Predditor
  3. Predditors
  4. preddy
  5. Preddys
  6. prede
  7. predead
  8. predeal
  9. Predeal-Sărari
  10. predealt
  11. predeath

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