Depredate
/ˈdɛpɹədeɪt/ verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To ransack or plunder; to prey upon. ambitransitive
"It makes the substance of the body […] less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits."
Example
More examples"It makes the substance of the body […] less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits."
Etymology
Late Latin depraedari, depraedat-: Latin de- + praedari (“to plunder”).