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preyed upon

preyed upon is the simple past and past participle of prey upon.

Meaning of prey upon

Verb

prey upon (third-person singular simple present preys upon, present participle preying upon, simple past and past participle preyed upon)

  1. Synonym of prey on.
    Synonyms:
    prey on

Questions about preyed upon

What is preyed upon the simple past and past participle of?
Preyed upon is the simple past and past participle of prey upon.

Words near preyed upon in the dictionary

  1. prey upon
  2. Prey Veng
  3. preyant
  4. preyed
  5. preyed on
  6. preyed upon
  7. preyer
  8. preyers
  9. preyeth
  10. preyful
  11. preying

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preyed upon (page history and authors); prey upon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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