| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion.[Websters]
2. Being predatory, rapacious or predacious. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb depredatorily.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (depredatorily) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective depredatory.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEPREDATORY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEPREDATORY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Plundering; spoiling; consisting in pillaging. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
