| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Present participle | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb depredate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (depredate) | 1. To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.[Websters]. 2. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.[Websters]. 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: depredating, depredated, depredates, depredator, depredators, depredatingly and depredatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "DEPREDATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEPREDATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Plundering; robbing; pillaging.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of depredate. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
