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preding

preding is the present participle and gerund 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 preding

What is preding the present participle and gerund of?
Preding is the present participle and gerund of prede.

Words near preding in the dictionary

  1. prediluvians
  2. predimension
  3. predimensions
  4. predimerize
  5. predimerized
  6. preding
  7. predinner
  8. prediphtheritic
  9. prediploma
  10. prediplomatic
  11. predipocyte

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