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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: To prey upon (0.00915 detik)
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Definition: To prey upon
Prey
\Prey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Preyed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Preying.] [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari, fr. praeda. See
Prey, n.]
To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by
violence.
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More pity that the eagle should be mewed,
While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. --Shak.
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To prey on or
To prey upon.
(a) To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob.
--Shak.
(b) To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize
and devour. --Shak.
(c) To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away;
as, the trouble preyed upon his mind. --Addison.
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