verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 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."

Synonyms

All synonyms

bring to ruincondemnconfoundconsumedamndeal destruction

Example

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"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”).

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