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predes

predes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prede.

Meaning of prede

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

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Questions about predes

What is predes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Predes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prede.

Words near predes in the dictionary

  1. predepositionally
  2. predeposits
  3. predepression
  4. prederivatised
  5. prederivatization
  6. predes
  7. predescribe
  8. predescribed
  9. predescribes
  10. predescribing
  11. predesign

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